See also: styra

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse stýra, from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną.

Verb edit

stýra (third person singular past indicative stýrdi, third person plural past indicative stýrdu, supine stýrt)

  1. to govern
  2. to steer

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of stýra (group v-1)
infinitive stýra
supine stýrt
participle (a7)1 stýrandi stýrdur
present past
first singular stýri stýrdi
second singular stýrir stýrdi
third singular stýrir stýrdi
plural stýra stýrdu
imperative
singular stýr!
plural stýrið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse stýra, from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

stýra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stýrði, supine stýrt)

  1. to steer
  2. to control, govern
  3. (grammar) to govern
  4. (statistics) to control (for a variable; used with the preposition fyrir (for))

Conjugation edit