Noun: runestaff
| Singular | runestaff |
| Plural | runestaffs; runestaves |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like runestaff
cantoral staff,
leveling staff,
backstaff,
quarterstaff,
pikestaff,
distaff,
vine staff,
cowlstaff,
ragged staff,
packstaff,
vine-staff,
runestaff,
handstaff,
station staff,
Jeddart staff,
bedstaff,
Jedburgh staff,
flag-staff,
treble staff,
flag staff, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English run-staf (attested in the plural as run-staven), from Old English rūnstæf, from Proto-West Germanic *rūnustab, from Proto-Germanic *rūnōstabaz. Cognate with Old High German rūnstab, rūnstafa, Danish runestav, Swedish runstav, Faroese rúnastavur. Compare English bookstaff. By surface analysis, rune + staff. See: Middle English Nouns '
run-staf', Faroese Nouns '
rúnastavur', English Nouns '
bookstaff'.