týna

Verb

 * 1) to destroy
 * 2) to wipe out

Etymology
From, from the root of.

Verb

 * 1) to lose (objects)

Usage notes

 * The imperative mood of the verb týna (týndu) is most often used with a negative (the word ekki).
 * It's not possible to "lose" insubstantial things like von ("hope") gleði ("joy"). For that the word missa would rather be used. (the exception to this is the phrase týna lífi meaning literally "to lose [one's] life" that is "to die").

Derived terms

 * Ég tala ekki mikla frönsku, og ég er búin að týna niður því litla sem ég kunni.
 * I don't speak much French, and I've forgotten what little I knew.
 * (to die- most often used for fatalities occurring in warfare or by accident)
 * týna [einhverju] niður (to forget [something] which was previously known, specifically something which had been learnt)