stær

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Etymology

From Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tern- (“starling”).

Noun

stær c (singular definite stæren, plural indefinite stære)

  1. starling (a songbird, in particular Sturnus vulgaris)

Inflection

Declension of stær
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stær stæren stære stærene
genitive stærs stærens stæres stærenes

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Noun

stær m (definite singular stæren, indefinite plural stærer, definite plural stærene)

  1. a starling (a songbird, in particular Sturnus vulgaris)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German star. [1] Compare Swedish starr.

Noun

stær ?

  1. various eye sicknesses, e.g. glaucoma or cataract
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Norse stœrri with vowel length change.

Adjective

stær

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of større (“bigger”) (The spelling is not normative because of apocope. The normal spelling will be stære, but is not phonetically correct to the dialect where this word is used.)

References

  1. ^ “stær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tern- (“starling”) and/or Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”).

Pronunciation

Noun

stær m (nominative plural staras)

  1. starling
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stær staras
accusative stær staras
genitive stæres stara
dative stære starum
Descendants
  • English: starling

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *star- (“to be rigid”), from *ster- (“to be stiff, to be strong”).

Pronunciation

Noun

stær m (nominative plural staras)

  1. a stare
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stær staras
accusative stær staras
genitive stæres stara
dative stære starum
Descendants

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of earlier *stœ̄r (compare Old High German storia (“history”)), ultimately from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía). Compare also Old English stēor (“guidance, direction”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

stǣr n

  1. history
  2. story; narrative
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative stǣr stǣr
accusative stǣr stǣr
genitive stǣres stǣra
dative stǣre stǣrum
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