stofn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse stofn, stomn, from Proto-Germanic *stōmnaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstɔpn̥] Rhymes: -ɔpn̥ === Noun === stofn m (genitive singular stofns, nominative plural stofnar) trunk, bole stock livestock stem (statistics) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn) Synonyms: þýði, hópur, (uncommon) lýður ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== stofnlægur (“found in the stem of words”) ==== See also ==== úrtak (“sample (statistics)”) == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *stōmnaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *stōmô (“base, foundation”). Compare Old Norse stomn, stofn (“stem; stump; foundation; stock”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰 (stōma). Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *stubnaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (“stump”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stofn/, [stovn] Rhymes: -ofn === Noun === stofn m (of a plant) stem (of a tree) stump (by extension) offspring; progeny ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== stocc ==== Related terms ==== stemn ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: stoven === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “stofn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.