STYTTA
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t, [stuttr; Engl. stunt], to make short, shorten; hafi sá stökku er stytti, who scamped it, Gþl. 399; ok styttu svá strenginn, Fms. v. 289: freq. esp. in mod. usage, stytta sér stundir.
2. to gird up a frock, by tying a band round the waist; hann stytti upp um sik kuflinn, Grett. 91 new Ed.; s. upp kyrtil sinn, 656 C. 5; stytta sik upp, Fas. ii. 333, iii. 283; mod. simply stytta sig, esp. of women.
II. reflex. styttask, to be shortened; vegrinn styttist, dagr styttist: metaph. to get angry, Vápn. 26.
2. part. styttr, shortened, Skálda 171.