steðja

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Probably from some sort of factitive of Proto-Germanic *stadiz, whence native staðr and English stead.

Verb

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steðja (past indicative staddi, past participle staddr)

  1. to stop
  2. to fix, settle
  3. to make firm
  4. to permit
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ste, stede
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ste, stede
  • Middle English: steden, sted, stedde, stede, steede (in part)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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steðja

  1. to bound, leap
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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steðja

  1. inflection of steði:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural

References

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