staðr
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place, location”). Cognate with Old English stede (whence English stead), Old Frisian stede, Old Saxon stedi, Old Dutch stede, stat (whence Dutch stad), Old High German stat, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
staðr m (genitive staðar, plural staðir)
- a place, spot, abode
- a city, town, palace
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 24, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 21:
- […] þa er þeir helldo til Cantarabyrgis oc bavrðvz þar til þess er þeir unno staðinn.
- […] then they went to Canterbury and stood there until they were allowed into the town.
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 24, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 21:
- a stop, pause, hesitation
- Saga Hákonar Hákonarsonar 198, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C.C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume IX, Copenhagen, page 461:
- […] þeim varð staðr á um andsvörin, ok þóttust sjá, til hvers ætlat var.
- […] they hesitated before giving an answer, and recognized what he was up to.
- Saga Hákonar Hákonarsonar 198, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C.C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume IX, Copenhagen, page 461:
- (Christianity) a church, see, convent
- Saga Hákonar Hákonarsonar 126, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume IX, Copenhagen, page 369:
- […] þá hríngðu þeir herklukkunni at höfuðkirkjunni á staðinum.
- […] they rang the bells of the convent's cathedral.
- Saga Hákonar Hákonarsonar 126, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume IX, Copenhagen, page 369:
- elasticity (of steel)
- Svarfdæla saga 2, in 1830, A. Þorgilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Íslendínga sögur. Volume II, Copenhagen, page 118:
- […] þá lét hann aptr hlaupa, ok var þá úr allr staðrinn; […]
- […] then he let go [of the point of the sword], and then [the sword] sprang in all its elasticity; […]
- Svarfdæla saga 2, in 1830, A. Þorgilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Íslendínga sögur. Volume II, Copenhagen, page 118:
- a mark, print
- Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar 236, in 1860, G. Vigfússon, C. R. Unger, Flateyjarbók: En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Volume I, Christiania, page 283:
- […] ok sa þar önguann stad þeirra tidenda er þar hofdu uordit […]
- […] and saw no traces of them having been there […]
- Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar 236, in 1860, G. Vigfússon, C. R. Unger, Flateyjarbók: En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Volume I, Christiania, page 283:
Declension edit
Declension of staðr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from staðr
- staða (“standing, position”)
- staðarfólk (“townsfolk”)
- staðarforráð (“convent administration”)
- staðarprestr (“parish priest”)
- staðarsetning (“establishment of a convent”)
- staðfastliga (“steadfastly”)
- staðfastligr (“steadfast”)
- staðfastr (“abiding, steadfast”)
- staðfesta (“make firm, steadfast; firmness, abode”)
- staðfesti (“steadfastness”)
- staðfesting (“confirmation”)
- staðfestr (“steadfast”)
- staðfestubréf (“deed of confirmation”)
- staðfestulauss (“without a fixed abode”)
- staðgóðr (“well-tempered”)
- staðhǫgg (“a good hit”)
- staðlausa (“absurdity, folly”)
- staðlauss (“timid, unsteady”)
- staðleysi (“unsteadiness”)
- staðligr (“local; steadfast”)
- staðlyndr (“stubborn”)
- staðnefna (“to determine”)
- staðramr (“steadfast”)
- staðráða (“to determine”)
- staðremi (“steadfastness”)
- staðþrotinn (“quite exhausted”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: staður
- Faroese: staður
- Norn: sta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stad, (dialectal) stad’e
- Elfdalian: stað
- Old Swedish: staþer
- Old Danish: stath n, stæth n
- Old Gutnish: steþr
- Gutnish: städ
References edit
- staðr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- staðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *stadaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Adjective edit
staðr
- restive (of a horse)
Declension edit
Strong declension of staðr
Weak declension of staðr
Declension of comparative of staðr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | staðari | staðari | staðara |
accusative | staðara | staðari | staðara |
dative | staðara | staðari | staðara |
genitive | staðara | staðari | staðara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | staðari | staðari | staðari |
accusative | staðari | staðari | staðari |
dative | stǫðurum | stǫðurum | stǫðurum |
genitive | staðari | staðari | staðari |
Strong declension of superlative of staðr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | staðastr | stǫðust | staðast |
accusative | staðastan | staðasta | staðast |
dative | stǫðustum | staðastri | stǫðustu |
genitive | staðasts | staðastrar | staðasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | staðastir | staðastar | stǫðust |
accusative | staðasta | staðastar | stǫðust |
dative | stǫðustum | stǫðustum | stǫðustum |
genitive | staðastra | staðastra | staðastra |
Weak declension of superlative of staðr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | staðasti | staðasta | staðasta |
accusative | staðasta | stǫðustu | staðasta |
dative | staðasta | stǫðustu | staðasta |
genitive | staðasta | stǫðustu | staðasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | stǫðustu | stǫðustu | stǫðustu |
accusative | stǫðustu | stǫðustu | stǫðustu |
dative | stǫðustum | stǫðustum | stǫðustum |
genitive | stǫðustu | stǫðustu | stǫðustu |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: staður
References edit
- staðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.