Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
ætla
Past Participle:
ætlaður
Present participle:
ætlandi
Indicative
Present
| eg | ætli |
| tú | ætlar |
| hann | ætlar |
| vit | ætla |
| tit | ætla |
| teir | ætla |
Past
| eg | ætlaði |
| tú | ætlaði |
| hann | ætlaði |
| vit | ætlaðu |
| tit | ætlaðu |
| teir | ætlaðu |
Pluperfect
Preterite
Preterite Perfect
Future
Future Perfect
Verbs conjugated like ætla
batna,
byrja,
eggja,
elska,
fjóna,
fríggja,
herja,
kalla,
kasta,
kólna,
mjølva,
slitna,
svara,
vakna,
Etymology
From Old Norse ætla, from Proto-Germanic *ahtilōną (“to strive, think”). Landt 1800 mentions it as a typical Faroese term in contrast to Danish tænke, slutte. Cognate with Swedish ättla. See: Swedish '
ättla'.
Translations
purpose, have set as one's purpose; intend
intend, to fix the mind upon a goal
Sample Sentences