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stétta

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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stétta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stéttaði, supine stéttað)

  1. (rare) to lay down a pavement
    Synonyms: leggja, gera stétt
  2. (archaic) to carry out, to implement
    Synonym: framkvæma
  3. (archaic) to be of any use
    Synonyms: gagna, þýða, stoða, hjálpa, koma að gagni
  4. (archaic) to remedy something, to put to rights, to set to rights
    Synonym: ráða bót á
  5. (archaic) to kill, to finish off [with genitive]
    Synonyms: gera út af við, drepa

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From stétt. Related to stíga.

Verb

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stétta

  1. to be the source of
  2. to aid, assist
  3. to do good
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: stétta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stette
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stette

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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stétta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of stétt
  2. indefinite genitive plural of stéttr

Further reading

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  1. page/407 Internet Archive]