staf

staf (plural stawe)

1. staff (employees)

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• Rhymes: -ɑf

staf c (plural staven, diminutive staafje n)

1. staff (stick)

staf

1. indefinite accusative singular of stafur
2. indefinite dative singular of stafur

• (Early ME) stæf, steaf, steave, stef
• staaf, staffe, stave, staff

From Old English stæf, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz.

• IPA^(key): /staf/, /staːf/, /ˈstaːv(ə)/

staf (plural staves or staven or staffes)

1. A staff, rod or pole; a relatively long, narrow, and thin object:
   1. A staff used to support one's movement; a crutch.
   2. A blunt or poled weapon; a club or mace.
   3. A clerical staff, often curled; a crozier.
   4. A staff serving as an emblem of authority and rulership.
   5. A bar of a ladder (either vertical or horizontal)
   6. A rod for conveying or transporting items upon.
   7. A staff for blending or mixing ingredients.
2. (Early Middle English) A letter of the alphabet.
3. (figuratively) One's nourishment or lifeblood; that which aids one.
4. (figuratively) A metaphorical arm or weapon; a tool of figurative battle.
5. (rare) A limb, tillow or twig.
6. (rare) A measure for area.
7. (rare) A poetic verse.

• bocstaff
• distaf
• staffull
• stafflike
• stafslynge

• English: staff, stave
• Scots: staf, staff

• “staf (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.

From Old Norse stafr.

staf m (plural stawæ)

1. a staff, a rod

• Danish: stav

staf

1. Obsolete spelling of stav