þrǫstr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Proto-Slavic *drozdъ, Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā (whence Danish drossel), Lithuanian strãzdas, Latvian strazds, Old Prussian tresde, Latin turdus, Old Irish truit, English thrush.

Noun

þrǫstr m (genitive þrastar, dative þresti, plural þrestir)

1. thrush

Declension

Declension of þrǫstr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrǫstr	þrǫstrinn	þrestir	þrestirnir
accusative	þrǫst	þrǫstinn	þrǫstu	þrǫstuna
dative	þresti	þrestinum	þrǫstum	þrǫstunum
genitive	þrastar	þrastarins	þrasta	þrastanna

Descendants

• Faroese: trøstur m
• Icelandic: þröstur m
• Norwegian Bokmål: trost m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trast m, trost m
• Swedish: trast c
• Danish: trost c