sýnast
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]sýnast (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sýndist, supine sýnst)
- to pretend, to put on a front
- to like, to please
- Ég geri það sem mér sýnist.
- I do as I please.
- to seem to one
- Mér sýnist þetta ganga vel.
- To me it seems to be going well.
Derived terms
[edit]- ekki er allt sem sýnist (things aren't always what they seem to be, appearances can deceive, appearances can be deceiving; confer ekki allur þar sem hann er séður)