starf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse starf, from starfa (“to work, labour”), from Proto-Germanic *starbōn, 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

n-s	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

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Middle English

Verb

starf

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