ydda

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ydda (past tense yddi), from Proto-Germanic *uzdijaną, from *uzdaz (whence Icelandic oddur (sharp tip, point)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ydda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative yddaði, supine yddað)

  1. make pointed, sharpen (a pencil)

Conjugation[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *uzdijaną, from *uzdaz, whence also oddr.

Verb[edit]

ydda (singular past indicative yddi, plural past indicative yddu, past participle yddr)

  1. to show the point to the other side

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: ydda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ydda, ydde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ydde

References[edit]

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