þeyta
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Apparent deverbal of þeyta in the sense "to whisk", see below.
Noun
[edit]þeyta f (genitive singular þeytu, nominative plural þeytur)
- an emulsion
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “þeyta”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse þreyta (“to exhaust”), causative of þrjóta (“to harass, weary”).
Verb
[edit]þeyta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þeytti, supine þeytt)
- to whip, to beat, to whisk [with accusative]
- (of a horn) to blow [with accusative]
- Að þeyta lúður.
- To blow a horn.
- to fling, to launch, to let fly, to hurl, to toss up [with dative]
- Hún þeytti bókinni í höfuðið á mér.
- She hurled the book at my head.
- Áin þeytist niður gilið.
- The river hurls down the gorge.
- (of a gust or wind) to blow [with dative]
- Vindurinn þeytti brimlöðrinu.
- The wind launched the foamy waves.
- Sólin skein og vindurinn þeytti laufunum burt.
- The sun was shining and the wind blew the leaves away.