Old English · noun

stapa

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈstɑ.pɑ/
Syllables: ˈstɑ · pɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: stepper grasshopper locust

Meaning

stepper
grasshopper, locust

Declension

Declension of stapa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stapa	stapan
Accusative	stapan	stapan
Genitive	stapan	stapena
Dative	stapan	stapum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stapō (“stepper”). The sense "grasshopper or locust" is possibly a clipping of græsstapa. Cognate with Old High German *stafo (attested in hewistafo “grasshopper, locust”).

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