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standa.

to stand (up), to be standing

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈstanta]
  1. to stand (up), to be standing

    intransitive · strong · verb
  2. to stand, to be situated

    intransitive · strong · verb
  3. to stand, to be valid

    intransitive · strong · verb
  4. to last, to endure

    intransitive · strong · verb
  5. to be written somewhere, to say, to read (to indicate in a written form)

    intransitive · strong · verb
    Hvað stendur á skiltinu?
  6. to cause to have an erection [with dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "have an erection" with the dative object as the subject)

    impersonal · strong · verb
  7. to withstand; hold up to

    mediopassive · strong · verb
    að standast freistingar
    að standast skoðun
Where this word comes from

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

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