bókstafr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz, equivalent to bók +‎ stafr.

Noun

bókstafr m

a letter of the alphabet

Declension

Declension of bókstafr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bókstafr	bókstafrinn	bókstafar	bókstafarnir
accusative	bókstaf	bókstafinn	bókstafa	bókstafana
dative	bókstafi	bókstafinum	bókstafum	bókstafunum
genitive	bókstafs	bókstafsins	bókstafa	bókstafanna

Descendants

Icelandic: bókstafur
Faroese: bókstavur
Norwegian Nynorsk: bokstav
Norwegian Bokmål: bokstav
Old Swedish: bōkstaver
- Swedish: bokstav
Danish: bogstav

References

bókstafr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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