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stytta
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Danish støtte (“pillar, statue, aid”), from Middle Low German stutte (“support; staff, stick”).
Noun
stytta f (genitive singular styttu, nominative plural styttur)
Declension
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse stytta (earlier stynta), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną (from *stunti-, *stuntu- “short”, whence Old Norse stuttr, Icelandic stuttur (“short”).).
Verb
stytta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stytti, supine stytt)
- to shorten
- to fold up (a long garment such a skirt or pants)
- (mathematics) to reduce, to simplify (a fraction)
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
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References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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