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)