See also: styra

Faroese

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to govern
  2. to steer

Conjugation

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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