staðr

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).

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑðr̩/

staðr m (genitive staðar, plural staðir)

1. place, spot, abode
   • Vǫluspá, verse 5, lines 9-10, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 2:

     stjǫrnur þat né vissu / hvar þær staði áttu.

     stars knew not / where their places were.

2. city, town, palace
   • Separate Saga of St. Olaf 24, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 21:

     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.

3. stop, pause, hesitation
   • Saga Hákonar Hákonarsonar 198, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C.C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume IX, Copenhagen, page 461:

     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.

4. (Christianity) church, see, convent
   • Saga Hákonar Hákonarsonar 126, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume IX, Copenhagen, page 369:

     þá hríngðu þeir herklukkunni at höfuðkirkjunni á staðinum.

     they rang the bells of the convent's cathedral.

5. elasticity (of steel)
   • Svarfdæla saga 2, in 1830, A. Þorgilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Íslendínga sögur. Volume II, Copenhagen, page 118:

     þá lét hann aptr hlaupa, ok var þá úr allr staðrinn;

     then he let go , and then sprang in all its elasticity;

6. mark, print
   • Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar 236, in 1860, G. Vigfússon, C. R. Unger, Flateyjarbók: En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Volume I, Christiania, page 283:

     ok sa þar önguann stad þeirra tidenda er þar hofdu uordit

     and saw no traces of them having been there

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “staðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 586
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “staðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 401; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Germanic *stadaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

staðr

1. restive (of a horse)

• Icelandic: staður

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “staðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 402; also available at the Internet Archive