styrbord
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
styrbord
- starboard (right hand side of a vessel)
Adverb edit
styrbord
- toward the starboard side
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse stjórnborði.
Noun edit
styrbord (indeclinable) (uncountable)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “styrbord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse stjórnborði.
Noun edit
styrbord (indeclinable) (uncountable)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “styrbord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From styra (“steer”) + bord (“bord, side of ship”), the side which the steering oar was located, i.e. right. Likely a calque of Low German stürbort. First attested in 1687.[1]
Adverb edit
styrbord (not comparable)
Noun edit
styrbord n
Declension edit
| Declension of styrbord | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | styrbord | styrbordet | — | — |
| Genitive | styrbords | styrbordets | — | — |
References edit
Further reading edit
- styrbord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)