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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)
- (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
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
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