þrá

See also: thra-, thrá, þra, and Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Noun

þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár)

1. a desire, a yearning

Declension

Declension of þrá (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráin	þrár	þrárnar
accusative	þrá	þrána	þrár	þrárnar
dative	þrá	þránni	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrár	þrárinnar	þráa	þránna

Derived terms

• fortíðarþrá

Verb

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.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

þrá

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

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• þrǫ́

Noun

þrá f (genitive þrár)

2. longing, yearning

Declension

  Declension of þrá (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráin	þrár	þrárnar
accusative	þrá	þráina	þrár	þrárnar
dative	þrá	þráinni	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrár	þrárinnar	þrá	þránna

Descendants

• Icelandic: þrá
• Faroese: trá
• Norn: trå
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
• Norwegian Bokmål: trå
• Old Swedish: þrā, thrā
  • Swedish: trå, åtrå
• Old Danish: thraa, attraa
  • Danish: attrå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: attrå
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: attrå

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

2. to long, yearn

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrá — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	þrá
present participle	þráandi
past participle	þráðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þrá	þráða
2nd-person singular	þrár	þráðir
3rd-person singular	þrár	þráði
1st-person plural	þrám	þráðum
2nd-person plural	þráið	þráðuð
3rd-person plural	þrá	þráðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þrá	þráða
2nd-person singular	þráir	þráðir
3rd-person singular	þrái	þráði
1st-person plural	þráim	þráðim
2nd-person plural	þráið	þráðið
3rd-person plural	þrái	þráði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þrá
1st-person plural	þrám
2nd-person plural	þráið

Conjugation of þrá — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	þrásk
present participle	þrándisk
past participle	þrázk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þrámk	þráðumk
2nd-person singular	þrásk	þráðisk
3rd-person singular	þrásk	þráðisk
1st-person plural	þrámsk	þráðumsk
2nd-person plural	þráizk	þráðuzk
3rd-person plural	þrásk	þráðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þrámk	þráðumk
2nd-person singular	þráisk	þráðisk
3rd-person singular	þráisk	þráðisk
1st-person plural	þráimsk	þráðimsk
2nd-person plural	þráizk	þráðizk
3rd-person plural	þráisk	þráðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þrásk
1st-person plural	þrámsk
2nd-person plural	þráizk

Derived terms

• þránaðr

Related terms

• þreyja

Descendants

• Icelandic: þrá
• Faroese: tráa
• Norn: trå
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
• Norwegian Bokmål: trå
• Old Swedish: þra, thra
  • Swedish: trå
• Old Danish: thra
  • Danish: attrå

Etymology 3

From the adjective þrár (“stubborn, obstinate”).

Noun

þrá n

2. obstinacy

Declension

  Declension of þrá (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráit	þrá	þráin
accusative	þrá	þráit	þrá	þráin
dative	þrá, þrái	þránu, þráinu	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrás	þrásins	þrá	þránna

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

þrá

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

References

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