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storkna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse storkna, from Proto-Germanic *sturknaną.

Verb

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storkna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative storknaði, supine storknað)

  1. (intransitive) to solidify

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse storkna, from Proto-Germanic *sturknaną.

Verb

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storkna

  1. (intransitive) to stiffen, to become stiff

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: storkna

Swedish

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Verb

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storkna (present storknar, preterite storknade, supine storknat, imperative storkna)

  1. to (figuratively) choke (from laughter or the like)

Usage notes

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The intuition is of someone grimacing with the skin of their face tensed up.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of storkna (weak)
active passive
infinitive storkna
supine storknat
imperative storkna
imper. plural1 storknen
present past present past
indicative storknar storknade
ind. plural1 storkna storknade
subjunctive2 storkne storknade
present participle storknande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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