fljóta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfljouːta/
    Rhymes: -ouːta

Verb

fljóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative flaut, third-person plural past indicative flutu, supine flotið)

  1. to float

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną. Cognate with Old English flēotan, Old Frisian fliata, Old Saxon fliotan, Old High German fliuzan, fleozan.

Verb

fljóta

  1. to float

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fljóta
  • Faroese: fljóta, flóta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyte
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flyte
  • Elfdalian: fliuota
  • Old Swedish: flȳta, fliūta
  • Old Danish: flytæ
  • Gutnish: flauta

References

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