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stæða

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse støða, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stōdijaną (to make stand).

Noun

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stæða f (genitive singular stæðu, nominative plural stæður)

  1. stack, pile
  2. residue, dregs

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “stæða”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “stæða”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Halldóra Jónsdóttir, Þórdís Úlfarsdóttir, editors (2014–2020), “stæða”, in Íslensk nútímamálsorðabók [Icelandic Modern Dictionary] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies