Icelandic

Verb

þjóta ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative þaut, third-person plural past indicative þutu, supine þotið)

1. (intransitive) to rush, to dash
   • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen

     Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,

     þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,

     eða líka einhver var að hóa

     undarlega digrum karlaróm;

     útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun

     eru kannske að smala fé á laun.

     Hush, hush, hush, hush,

     a vixen dashed in the hillock,

     wanting to quench her thirst with blood,

     then, there was also someone calling,

     with a strangely deep man's voice;

     Outlaws, to the Ódáðahraun (a vast, desolate lava field in the Icelandic highlands)

     are perhaps secretly driving sheep.

2. (intransitive, of the wind) to whistle, sing

   Vindurinn þýtur og þrumurnar dynja.

   The wind whistles and the thunders roar.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (whistle): hvína

Derived terms

• þjóta úr einu í annað (to rush from one thing to another, to change subjects fast)
• þjóta upp (to grow fast)
• þjóta á fætur (to jump up, to leap out of bed)
• þjóta af stað (to dash off, to tear off)
• þota
• láta sem vind um eyru þjóta, láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.