þraut

See also: traut

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þraut, from Proto-Germanic *þrautō, *þrautą (“complaint, annoyance, struggle, swink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrøyːt/

  Rhymes: -øyːt

Noun

þraut f (genitive singular þrautar, nominative plural þrautir)

1. a trial, a difficult test
2. a puzzle
3. (plural only) pain

Declension

Declension of þraut (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þraut	þrautin	þrautir	þrautirnar
accusative	þraut	þrautina	þrautir	þrautirnar
dative	þraut	þrautinni	þrautum	þrautunum
genitive	þrautar	þrautarinnar	þrauta	þrautanna

Derived terms

• berjast til þrautar (“to fight to the bitter end”)
• gestaþraut
• reyna eitthvað til þrautar (“to test something to the full”)
• fimmþraut (“pentathlon”)
• tugþraut (“decathlon”)

Related terms

• þreyta

Old Norse

Verb

þraut

1. first-person singular past indicative active of þrjóta
2. third-person singular past indicative active of þrjóta