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óttast

óttast
to fear
From Lesson 351:Middle-voice verbs (-st)·Icelandic

Usages of óttast

Bæði haustið og veturinn nálgast og ég óttast kuldann.
Both the autumn and the winter are approaching and I fear the cold.
Þegar við fluttum óttaðist ég að flutningurinn myndi ekki heppnast.
When we moved I feared that the move would not succeed.
Ég er ástfanginn en ég óttast að klúðra kvöldinu.
I am in love but I fear messing up the evening.
Annars vegar er ég skotinn í henni, hins vegar óttast ég að verða svekktur.
On the one hand I am infatuated with her, on the other hand I fear becoming disappointed.

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