sten-
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately an intensifier related to sten (“stone”), as in calling someone "stone-deaf," with parallels in Icelandic such as stein óður (“stone mad”).[1] Compare German sten-, Icelandic stein-.
Prefix[edit]
sten-
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Metcalfe, F. (1880). The Englishman and the Scandinavian: Or, A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Literature. United Kingdom: Trübner & Company, p. 446
Swedish[edit]
Prefix[edit]
sten-
- very, exceedingly, profoundly (intensifier, in some words)