stoða

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Icelandic

Etymology

stoð (post, pillar, support) +‎ -a (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

stoða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stoðaði, supine stoðað)

  1. (impersonal, chiefly in the negative) to cause to be of (any) use (idiomatically translated as "be of any use" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Synonyms: gagna, þýða, hjálpa, koma að gagni, (archaic) stétta
    • Markúsarguðspjall 8 (English version)
      Hvað stoðar það manninn að eignast allan heiminn, en fyrirgjöra sálu sinni?
      What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
    Það stoðar ekki neitt.
    It is no use.

Conjugation

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