hnjóta

Etymology
From, related to , , , and.

Verb

 * 1) to stumble

Usage notes

 * Used with the preposition um ("about") to designate "tripping over" something.
 * Drengurinn hnaut um steininn.
 * The boy tripped over the rock.
 * Stephan G. Stephansson, Fullkomleikinn ("The Perfectness")
 * Hæsta takmark hugsjónar
 * haft í stiga aðeins var.
 * Að hnjóta um lífsins hála svið,
 * að hrasa og falla, en upp á við,
 * er ferill framfara auði.
 * Vision's highest goal
 * was only kept in stairs.
 * To trip over life's slippery stage,
 * to stumble and fall, but upwards,
 * are the empty traces of progress.