See also: tjota, tjôta, and tjöta

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þjóta, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną.

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þjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative þaut, third-person plural past indicative þutu, supine þotið)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive, of the wind) to whistle, sing
    Vindurinn þýtur og þrumurnar dynja.
    The wind whistles and the thunders roar.

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þeutaną.

Verb

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þjóta (singular past indicative þaut, plural past indicative þutu, past participle þotinn)

  1. to emit a loud and whistling sound
    á þaut af þjósti
    a river roared with fury
  2. to rush

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  • Icelandic: þjóta
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: þiuta

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