starf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse starf, from starfa (“to work, labour”), from Proto-Germanic *starfą (“labor”), cognate with English starve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /starv/

  Rhymes: -arv

Noun

starf n (genitive singular starfs, nominative plural störf)

1. work, job

Declension

Declension of starf (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	starf	starfið	störf	störfin
accusative	starf	starfið	störf	störfin
dative	starfi	starfinu	störfum	störfunum
genitive	starfs	starfsins	starfa	starfanna

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “starf”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Middle English

Verb

starf

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of sterven
2. (later) second-person singular past indicative of sterven