stía

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stía, stí, from Proto-Germanic *stiją, which could be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (to stiffen), similar to *stainaz (stone).[1] Compare English sty.

Noun

stía f (genitive singular stíu, nominative plural stíur)

  1. sty, pen
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

stía (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stíaði, supine stíað)

  1. to pen, to keep in a sty
  2. to separate, to keep apart
Conjugation

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