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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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Conjugation of stétta — active (weak class 2)
infinitive stétta
present participle stéttandi
past participle stéttaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular stétta stéttaða stétta stéttaða
2nd person singular stéttar stéttaðir stéttir stéttaðir
3rd person singular stéttar stéttaði stétti stéttaði
1st person plural stéttum stéttuðum stéttim stéttaðim
2nd person plural stéttið stéttuðuð stéttið stéttaðið
3rd person plural stétta stéttuðu stétti stéttaði
imperative present
2nd person singular stétta
1st person plural stéttum
2nd person plural stéttið
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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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stétta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 407; also available at the Internet Archive