þjóta

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse þjóta, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθjouːta/ Rhymes: -ouːta === Verb === þjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative þaut, third-person plural past indicative þutu, supine þotið) (intransitive) to rush, to dash Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa, þurran vill hún blóði væta góm, eða líka einhver var að hóa undarlega digrum karlaróm; útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun eru kannske að smala fé á laun. Hush, hush, hush, hush, a vixen dashed in the hillock, wanting to quench her thirst with blood, then, there was also someone calling, with a strangely deep man's voice; Outlaws, to the Ódáðahraun (a vast, desolate lava field in the Icelandic highlands) are perhaps secretly driving sheep. (intransitive, of the wind) to whistle, sing Synonym: hvína ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “þjóta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þeutaną. Cognate with Old English þēotan, Old High German dioȥan, and Middle High German dieȥen. === Verb === þjóta (singular past indicative þaut, plural past indicative þutu, past participle þotinn) to emit a loud and whistling sound to rush ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þjóta Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: tyte Norwegian Nynorsk: tyta, tyte Old Swedish: þiuta Swedish: tjuta === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þjóta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 513; also available at the Internet Archive