njóta

From Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

njóta (third person singular past indicative neyt, third person plural past indicative nutu, supine notið)

1. to enjoy

From Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjouːta/

  Rhymes: -ouːta

njóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative naut, third-person plural past indicative nutu, supine notið)

1. (with genitive) to enjoy, to relish
2. (with genitive) to benefit from

• njóta sín
• láta njóta sannmælis (to do somebody justice, give sby his/her due)
• njóta við (to be alive, for others to have one's help, to be around)

  Meðan hans nýtur við.

  While he is around.

• njóta ekki sólar (of the sun; to be not shining)

  Hér nýtur ekki sólar.

  The sun doesn't shine here.

• njótast

From Proto-Germanic *neutaną (“to use, make use of; to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).

njóta (singular past indicative naut, plural past indicative nutu, past participle notinn)

1. (transitive, with genitive) to enjoy; to have the use or benefit of

   skal hann njóta draums síns

   he shall have his dream out

2. (transitive, with genitive) to derive benefit from, profit by

   Egils nauztu at því, fǫður þíns

   you had your father Egill to thank for that

3. (impersonal, with genitive)

   ekki nýtr sólar

   there is no sun

4. (reciprocal) to enjoy each other

• nýtr (“useful, usable”)

• Icelandic: njóta
• Faroese: njóta
• Old Swedish: niūta
  • Swedish: njuta
• Old Danish: *niute
  • Danish: nyde

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