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þerra

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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þerra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þerraði, supine þerrað)

  1. to dry, to make dry [with accusative]

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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þerra f (genitive þerru)

  1. a towel
    Synonym: þurka
    • 800s, Hávamál, verse 4
      Vats es þǫrf / þęims til verðar kømr,
      þęrru ok þjóðlaðar; []
      Of water is a need for the one who comes to a meal; of a towel and of excellent hospitality.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną (to cause to dry), from Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti, from the root *ters- (dry). The Proto-Germanic *þarzijaną would originally have been a causative of the class 3 strong verb *þersaną, of which there is no known descendant in Old Norse.

Verb

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þerra (singular past indicative þerði, plural past indicative þerðu, past participle þerðr)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to make, cause to dry
    Synonym: þurka
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: þerra
  • Norwegian: terra, terre

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