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þjóta

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See also: tjota, tjôta, and tjöta

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þjóta, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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þjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative þaut, third-person plural past indicative þutu, supine þotið)

  1. (intransitive) to rush, to dash
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
      þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
      eða líka einhver var að hóa
      undarlega digrum karlaróm;
      útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
      eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
      Hush, hush, hush, hush,
      a vixen dashed in the hillock,
      wanting to quench her thirst with blood,
      then, there was also someone calling,
      with a strangely deep man's voice;
      Outlaws, to the Ódáðahraun (a vast, desolate lava field in the Icelandic highlands)
      are perhaps secretly driving sheep.
  2. (intransitive, of the wind) to whistle, sing
    Synonym: hvína
    Vindurinn þýtur og þrumurnar dynja.
    The wind whistles and the thunders roar.

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þeutaną.

Verb

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þjóta (singular past indicative þaut, plural past indicative þutu, past participle þotinn)

  1. to emit a loud and whistling sound
    á þaut af þjósti
    a river roared with fury
  2. to rush

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: þjóta
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: þiuta

Further reading

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  1. page/513 Internet Archive]