Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse stynja, from Proto-Germanic *stunjaną.

Verb edit

stynja

  1. to moan

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of stynja (group v-19-30)
infinitive stynja
supine stunt/
stynjað
participle (a7/a6)1 stynjandi stundur/
stynjaður
present past
first singular styni/
stynji
stundi/
stynjaði
second singular stynur/
stynjar
stundi/
stynjaði
third singular stynur/
stynjar
stundi/
stynjaði
plural stynja stundu/
stynjaðu
imperative
singular styn/
stynja
!
plural stynið/
stynjið
!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse stynja, from Proto-Germanic *stunjaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

stynja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stundi, supine stunið)

  1. to moan, to groan, to sigh

Conjugation edit

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Related terms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse stynja.

Verb edit

stynja (present tense styn, past tense stunde, supine stunt, past participle stund, present participle stynjande, imperative styn)

  1. to groan
  2. to sigh
  3. to moan

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *stunjaną, related to *stenaną.

Verb edit

stynja (singular past indicative stundi, plural past indicative stundu, past participle stundr)

  1. to sigh, groan

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: stynja
  • Faroese: stynja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stynja
  • Danish: stønne

References edit

  • stynja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press