teðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse teðja, from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, part, separate”). Related to tað (“[horse or sheep] dung”). More at tath.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛðja/
    Rhymes: -ɛðja

Verb

teðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative taddi, supine tatt)

  1. (transitive) to strew manure on, to fertilize with manure; to manure, to dung
  2. (intransitive) to defecate (of animals, especially horses)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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