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stuðull

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stuðill, from the verb styðja (to support).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stuðull m (genitive singular stuðuls, nominative plural stuðlar)

  1. something which supports; supporter
  2. (geology) a column of rock in trap rock
  3. (prosody) the first letters in one or two words which alliterates with the höfuðstafur
  4. (mathematics) coefficient

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Derived terms

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