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Danish
Etymology
Ultimately an intensifier related to sten (“stone”), as in calling someone "stone-deaf," with parallels in Icelandic such as stein óður (“stone mad”). Compare German sten-, Icelandic stein-.
Prefix
sten-
- (informal) very
Derived terms
References
- ^ Metcalfe, F. (1880). The Englishman and the Scandinavian: Or, A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Literature. United Kingdom: Trübner & Company, p. 446
Swedish
Prefix
sten-
- very, exceedingly, profoundly (intensifier, in some words)
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