Faroese

stakkur - sea stack

Noun

stakkur m (genitive singular staks, plural stakkar)

1. sea stack

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stakkr ‎(“a short garment; doublet”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz ‎(“a short jacket”), from *stakkaz ‎(“short”).

Noun

stakkur m ‎(genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)

1. a coat

Derived terms

• vel í stakk búinn, vera vel í stakk búinn (well prepared to do something)
• illa í stakk búinn, vera illa í stakk búinn (badly prepared to do something)
• sníða sér stakk eftir vexti (to cut one's coat according to one's cloth, to not bite off more than one can chew, to live according to one's means, and not more)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stakkr ‎(“barn; rick; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz ‎(“barn; rick; haystack”). More at stack.

Noun

stakkur m ‎(genitive singular stakks, nominative plural stakkar)

1. a stack ^syn.

Synonyms

• (stack): ^def. hlaði

See also

• stafli
• yfirhöfn