1 staf-karl
m. [Norse stakkar: Dan. stakkel], a ‘staff-carle,’ an old and infirm person, a poor beggar, Fms. i. 70, ii. 59, iii. 94, v. 287, vii. 360, Fas. i. 22, Bs. i. 525: stafkarla stigr, beggary, vagrancy, Fms. vi. 302, viii. 279; stafkarla-háttr, Háv. 40; stafkarla færsia, N. G. L. i. 138. stafkarla-letr, n. a kind of Runic letters, Sturl. ii. 241.