fljóta

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

fljóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative flaut, third-person plural past indicative flutu, supine flotið)

  1. to float

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną. Cognate with Old English flēotan, Old Frisian fliata, Old Saxon fliotan, Old High German fliuzan, fleozan.

Verb

fljóta

  1. to float

Conjugation

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References

  • fljóta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press