stafkarl

Old Norse

Etymology

From stafr (“staff”) +‎ karl (“man”). (Insinuates begging) literally a man that walks around with a staff.

Noun

stafkarl m

  1. poor beggar

Declension
  Declension of stafkarl (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stafkarl stafkarlinn stafkarlar stafkarlarnir
accusative stafkarl stafkarlinn stafkarla stafkarlana
dative stafkarli stafkarlinum stafkǫrlum stafkǫrlunum
genitive stafkarls stafkarlsins stafkarla stafkarlanna

Descendants
  • Danish: stakkel (“poor soul, poor thing”); stakkels (“pitiful”)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stakkar m (“poor soul, poor thing”); stakkars (“pitiful”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stakkar m (“poor soul, poor thing”); stakkars (“pitiful”)
  • Swedish: stackare
  • Dutch: stakker m (“pitiable person”)

References
  • “stafkarl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stafkarl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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