1 STÝFA
ð, [stúfr], to cut off, chop off, curtail, Jb. 274; af stýfa, Stj. 379; s. af tungunni, Hom. 115; s. höfuð af e-m, Al. 53; því berr hann stýfðan stert, a docked tail, Gsp.
2 STÝFA
II. part. stýft, a metrical term, apocopated; stýfð vísu-orð, Edda (Ht.) 133.
3 STÝFA
2. a mark on a sheep’s ear, made by cutting the top off (stýft hægra).