stafur

From Old Norse stafr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːvʏr/
• Rhymes: -aːvʏr

stafur m (genitive singular stafs, nominative plural stafir)

1. a letter, a symbol in the alphabet
2. a stick
3. a cane, a walking stick
4. a magic stave

• (letter of the alphabet): bókstafur
• (stick): prik
• (cane): göngustafur, stiki

• fjöðurstafur
• stafróf
• stafasúpa
• bókstafur
• standa eins og stafur á bók
• fullum stöfum (unabbreviated, without abbreviation)
• rita fullum stöfum (write unabbreviated)
• rita orð fullum stöfum (write a word unabbreviated)
• galdrastafur

• fastur