staðr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of staðr

Noun: staðr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.staðr
Sg. Def.staðrinn
Pl. Indef.staðir
Pl. Def.staðirnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.staðar
Sg. Def.staðarins
Pl. Indef.staða
Pl. Def.staðanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.stað; staði
Sg. Def.staðnum; staðinum
Pl. Indef.stǫðum
Pl. Def.stǫðunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.stað
Sg. Def.staðinn
Pl. Indef.staði
Pl. Def.staðina

Sample Sentences

  • […] stjǫrnur þat né vissu / hvar þær staði áttu. ([…] stars knew not / where their places were.) [Vǫluspá, verse 5, lines 9-10, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 2]
  • […] 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]
  • […] 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]
  • […] 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]
  • […] 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]
  • […] 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]

Nouns inflected like staðr

staðr,

Etymology

Inherited 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). See: Old English Nouns 'stede', English Nouns 'stead', Dutch Nouns 'stad', Gothic Nouns '𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "staðr"

Danish Nouns stad, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns stad, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns stad, Swedish Nouns stad, Faroese Nouns staður, Icelandic Nouns staður, Danish Nouns sted, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns sted, Old English Nouns stede, Faroese Nouns stað.

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