stíga

From Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

stíga (third person singular past indicative steig, third person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

1. to step, to stride

Conjugation of stíga (group v-35)
infinitive	stíga
supine	stigið
participle (a26)1	stígandi	stigin
	present	past
first singular	stígi	steig
second singular	stígur	steigst
third singular	stígur	steig
plural	stíga	stigu
	imperative
singular	stíg!
plural	stígið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

From Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːɣa/
• Rhymes: -iːɣa

stíga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative steig, third-person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, takes the accusative) to step, to take a step

   Hann steig eitt skref til hægri.

   He took one step to the right.

2. (intransitive) to rise, to increase

Note: the past forms sté, stést are less common than steig, steigst, and are usually regarded as archaic.

• (step): ganga
• (increase): hækka

From Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

stíga (singular past indicative steig or sté, plural past indicative stigu, past participle stiginn)

1. (intransitive) to step, to tread
2. (transitive, with accusative) to step on, to set foot on

• steig f

• Icelandic: stíga
• Faroese: stíga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stiga, stige
• Norwegian Bokmål: stige
• Elfdalian: staiga
• Old Swedish: stīgha
  • Swedish: stiga
• Scanian: stíğa, stǽğa
• Old Danish: stīghæ
  • Danish: stige
• Gutnish: steige

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stíga

1. inflection of stígr:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

• stíga in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.