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pæla

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Verbal formation related to páll (spade, pale), itself from Latin pālus (stake, prop) via Old English pāl.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative pældi, supine pælt)

  1. to hoe, to turn (soil) [with accusative]
  2. to plod
  3. to think about, study, be into (something)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “pæla”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Further reading

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