hægt og bítandi
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From hægt (“slowly”), compare the adjective hægur (“slow”) and og (“and”) and bítandi (“biting, bitingly”) the present participle of bíta (“to bite”).
Adverb edit
- slowly but effectively, by inches, inch by inch
- Þrek hennar dvínar hægt og bítandi.
- Her endurance shall slowly dwindle.