stæla

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stæla, from Proto-Germanic *stahlijaną.

Verb

stæla (third person singular past indicative stældi, third person plural past indicative stældu, supine stælt)

  1. to harden, to steel

Conjugation

Conjugation of stæla (group v-1)
infinitive stæla
supine stælt
participle (a7)1 stælandi stældur
present past
first singular stæli stældi
second singular stælir stældi
third singular stælir stældi
plural stæla stældu
imperative
singular stæl!
plural stælið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

stæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stælti, supine stælt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to temper, to strengthen
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Etymology 2

Verb

stæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stældi, supine stælt)

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to imitate
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Noun

stæla f (genitive singular stælu, nominative plural stælur)

  1. quarrel, argument
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