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þrá

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse þrá (a throe; struggle; longing), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (grief; pain; threat). More at throe.

Noun

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þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár)

  1. a desire, a yearning
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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þrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þráði, supine þráð)

  1. to desire, to yearn, to long
  2. to want or to desire sexually
    Ég þrái þig.
    I want you.
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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þrá

  1. inflection of þrár:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *þrawō f (longing, suffering). Akin to Old English þrēa and Middle High German drō.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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þrá f (genitive þrár)

  1. longing, yearning
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: þrá
  • Faroese: trá
  • Norn: trå
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trå
  • Old Swedish: þrā, thrā
  • Old Danish: thraa, attraa

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *þrawōną, related to *þrawō (longing, suffering).

Verb

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þrá (singular past indicative þráði, plural past indicative þráðu, past participle þráðr)

  1. to long, yearn
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Etymology 3

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From the adjective þrár (stubborn, obstinate).

Noun

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þrá n

  1. obstinacy
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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þrá

  1. inflection of þrár:
    1. strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
    4. weak masculine oblique singular
    5. weak feminine nominative/oblique singular
    6. weak neuter singular
    7. weak nominative/accusative/dative plural

Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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þrá

  1. inflection of þrái m:
    1. oblique singular indefinite
    2. accusative/genitive plural indefinite

References

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  • þrá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.