stef

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stɛːv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːv

Noun

stef n (genitive singular stefs, nominative plural stef)

  1. (music) refrain, burden
  2. (music) motif, theme

Declension
declension of stef
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stef stefið stef stefin
accusative stef stefið stef stefin
dative stefi stefinu stefjum stefjunum
genitive stefs stefsins stefja stefjanna

Middle English

Noun

stef

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of staf

Old Frisian
Ēn stef.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stab.[1] Cognates include Old English stæf and Old Saxon staf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstef/, [ˈstæf]

Noun

stef m

  1. staff, rod

Descendants
  • Saterland Frisian: Stäf

References
  1. Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29
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