stefna 1 (long stem) “steer, aim”

“be headed; summon; schedule”

frequent

transitive (dat/acc: differs by sense)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek stefni 1pl vér stefnum 1sg ek stefna 1pl vér stefnim
2sg þú stefnir 2pl þér stefnið 2sg þú stefnir 2pl þér stefnið
3sg hon stefnir 3pl þau stefna 3sg hon stefni 3pl þau stefni
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek stefnda 1pl vér stefndum 1sg ek stefnda 1pl vér stefndim
2sg þú stefndir 2pl þér stefnduð 2sg þú stefndir 2pl þér stefndið
3sg hon stefndi 3pl þau stefndu 3sg hon stefndi 3pl þau stefndi
preterite infinitive stefndu
past participle f. stefnd m. stefndr n. stefnt
imperative 2sg stefn 1pl stefnum 2pl stefnið
middle voice: stefnask
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek stefnumk 1pl vér stefnumk 1sg ek stefnumk 1pl vér stefnimk
2sg þú stefnisk 2pl þér stefnizk 2sg þú stefnisk 2pl þér stefnizk
3sg hon stefnisk 3pl þau stefnask 3sg hon stefnisk 3pl þau stefnisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek stefndumk 1pl vér stefndumk 1sg ek stefndumk 1pl vér stefndimk
2sg þú stefndisk 2pl þér stefnduzk 2sg þú stefndisk 2pl þér stefndizk
3sg hon stefndisk 3pl þau stefndusk 3sg hon stefndisk 3pl þau stefndisk
past participle n. stefnzk
imperative 2sg stefnsk 1pl stefnumk 2pl stefnizk

Sense “steer, aim”: Dutch stevenen; derived from the noun ON stafn, stefni, OE stefn, ME stemme, MnE stem, Dutch steven, borrowed into German as Steven “prow.” The PG source is either the noun *stabnaz, derived from *stabaz, ON stafr, OE stæf, ME staf, MnE staff, stave, Dutch staf, German Stab, or else the noun *stamniz, Dutch stam, German Stamm “trunk, stem”; these roots have become confused also in English, but both may go back to the PIE root yielding e.g. MnE stand and Latin stāre. Source of ME stevenen “ascend.” Sense “summon”: PG *stemnijaną, OE stefnian 2. Sense “schedule”: OE stefnan 1, ME stevenen, Dutch bestemmen, German bestimmen “determine.” Variant stemna.

assimilation

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