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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.