stytta

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstɪhta] Rhymes: -ɪhta === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Danish støtte (“pillar, statue, aid”), from Middle Low German stutte (“support; staff, stick”). ==== Noun ==== stytta f (genitive singular styttu, nominative plural styttur) (obsolete) a pillar or pedestal a statue help, aid, support ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Frelsisstyttan === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse stytta (earlier stynta), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną (from *stunti-, *stuntu- “short”, whence Old Norse stuttr, Icelandic stuttur (“short”).). ==== Verb ==== stytta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stytti, supine stytt) to shorten to fold up (a long garment such a skirt or pants) (mathematics) to reduce, to simplify (a fraction) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== stytta upp stytting ===== Related terms ===== stuttur === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “stytta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)