stemna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²stɛmnɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stefna

Alternative forms

Verb

stemna (present tense stemnar or stemner, past tense stemna or stemnde, past participle stemna or stemnt, present participle stemnande, imperative stemn)

  1. to set course, steer towards
  2. to summon to court, subpoena

Etymology 2

Noun

stemna f or n

  1. definite feminine singular of stemne (Etymology 1)
  2. definite neuter plural of stemne (Etymology 1)
  3. definite singular of stemne (Etymology 2)

References


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stebnō, *stamnijō (voice).

Alternative forms

Noun

stemna f

  1. voice

Declension


Descendants
  • Low German: Stemne
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