deyða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deyða, from Proto-Germanic *daudijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteiːða/
    Rhymes: -eiːða

Verb

deyða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative deyddi, supine deytt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative, archaic) to kill, to put to death
    • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
      Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
      I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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