standa

See also: Standa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse standa, from Proto-Germanic *standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstanta/
• Rhymes: -anta

Verb

standa (third person singular past indicative stóð, third person plural past indicative stóðu, supine staðið)

1. to stand

Usage notes

• standa í gerð - be under construction

Conjugation

Conjugation of standa (group v-65)

infinitive	standa
supine	staðið
	present	past
first singular	standi	stóð
second singular	stendur	stóðst
third singular	stendur	stóð
plural	standa	stóðu
participle (-)1	standandi	-
	imperative
singular	statt!
plural	standið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse standa. from Proto-Germanic *standaną. Cognate with Faroese standa, English stand, Danish stande, Norwegian Nynorsk standa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstanta/
  • Rhymes: -anta

Verb

standa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stóð, third-person plural past indicative stóðu, supine staðið)

1. (intransitive) to stand (up), to be standing
2. (intransitive) to stand, to be situated
3. (intransitive) to stand, to be valid
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

4. (intransitive) to last, to endure
5. (intransitive) to be written somewhere, to say, to read (to indicate in a written form)

   Hvað stendur á skiltinu? ― What does the sign say?

6. (impersonal) to cause to have an erection [with dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "have an erection" with the dative object as the subject)
7. (mediopassive) to withstand; hold up to [with accusative ‘something’]

   að standast freistingar ― to resist temptation

   að standast skoðun ― to hold up to scrutiny

Conjugation

standa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að standa
supine sagnbót		staðið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		standandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	stend	stóð		standi	stæði
	þú	stendur	stóðst		standir	stæðir
	hann, hún, það	stendur	stóð		standi	stæði
plural	við	stöndum	stóðum		stöndum	stæðum
	þið	standið	stóðuð		standið	stæðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	standa	stóðu		standi	stæðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	statt (þú), stattu
plural	þið	standið (þið), standiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

standast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að standast
supine sagnbót		staðist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		standandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	stenst	stóðst		standist	stændist
	þú	stenst	stóðst		standist	stændist
	hann, hún, það	stenst	stóðst		standist	stændist
plural	við	stöndumst	stóndumst		stöndumst	stændumst
	þið	standist	stóndust		standist	stændust
	þeir, þær, þau	standast	stóndust		standist	stændust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	stanst (þú), stanstu
plural	þið	standist (þið), standisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

staðinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	staðinn	staðin	staðið	staðnir	staðnar	staðin
accusative (þolfall)	staðinn	staðna	staðið	staðna	staðnar	staðin
dative (þágufall)	staðnum	staðinni	staðnu	staðnum	staðnum	staðnum
genitive (eignarfall)	staðins	staðinnar	staðins	staðinna	staðinna	staðinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	staðni	staðna	staðna	staðnu	staðnu	staðnu
accusative (þolfall)	staðna	staðnu	staðna	staðnu	staðnu	staðnu
dative (þágufall)	staðna	staðnu	staðna	staðnu	staðnu	staðnu
genitive (eignarfall)	staðna	staðnu	staðna	staðnu	staðnu	staðnu

Derived terms

• eins og nú standa sakir
• láta hendur standa fram úr ermum
• standa á sama
• standa eins og stafur á bók
• standa straum
• standa upp

Anagrams

• andast

Latin

Participle

standa

1. inflection of standus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

standā

1. ablative feminine singular of standus

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “standa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• "standa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stɑndɑ/

Verb

standa (present tense stend or stender, past tense sto or stod, past participle stade or stadi, present participle standande, imperative statt)

1. to stand; (pre-2012) alternative form of stå

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑndɑ/

Noun

standa n

1. definite plural of stand

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• stonda

Verb

standa

1. to stand

Descendants

• North Frisian: stun, stuun, stönje
• Saterland Frisian: stounde

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *standaną. The verb occurred in two forms within Germanic, but only this form is attested in Old Norse sources. In the east, this form existed side by side with unattested *stá (from which Swedish stå), from Proto-Germanic *stāną. Both ultimately derive from the same Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

standa

1. to stand

Conjugation

Conjugation of standa — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	standa
present participle	standandi
past participle	staðinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	stend	stóð		standa	stœða
2nd person singular	stendr	stótt		standir	stœðir
3rd person singular	stendr	stóð		standi	stœði
1st person plural	stǫndum	stóðum		standim	stœðim
2nd person plural	standið	stóðuð		standið	stœðið
3rd person plural	standa	stóðu		standi	stœði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	statt
1st person plural	stǫndum
2nd person plural	standið

Conjugation of standa — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	standask
present participle	standandisk
past participle	staðizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	stǫndumk	stóðumk		stǫndumk	stœðumk
2nd person singular	stenzk	stózk		standisk	stœðisk
3rd person singular	stenzk	stózk		standisk	stœðisk
1st person plural	stǫndumsk	stóðumsk		standimsk	stœðimsk
2nd person plural	standizk	stóðuzk		standizk	stœðizk
3rd person plural	standask	stóðusk		standisk	stœðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	stanzk
1st person plural	stǫndumsk
2nd person plural	standizk

Derived terms

• staðna (back-formed from the past participle)

Descendants

• Icelandic: standa
• Faroese: standa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stande, standa (non-standard since 2012), stå
• Old Swedish: standa
  • Swedish: stånda (poetic), stå
• Old Danish:
  • Danish: stande (poetic), stå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: stå

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “standa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• "standa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse standa, from Proto-Germanic *standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

standa

1. to stand

Conjugation

Conjugation of standa (strong)

	present				past
infinitive	standa				—
participle	standandi, standande				stanþin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	stander	standi, stande	—		stōþ	stōþi, stōþe
þū	stander	standi, stande	stand		stōþt	stōþi, stōþe
han	stander	standi, stande	—		stōþ	stōþi, stōþe
vīr	standum, standom	standum, standom	standum, standom		stōþum, stōþom	stōþum, stōþom
īr	standin	standin	standin		stōþin	stōþin
þēr	standa	standin	—		stōþu, stōþo	stōþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	stands	standis, standes	—		stōþs	stōþis, stōþes
þū	stands	standis, standes	—		stōþts	stōþis, stōþes
han	stands	standis, standes	—		stōþs	stōþis, stōþes
vīr	standums, -oms	standums, standoms	—		stōþums, stōþoms	stōþums, stōþoms
īr	standins	standins	—		stōþins	stōþins
þēr	standas	standins	—		stōþus, stōþos	stōþins

Descendants

• Swedish: stå