edrú
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See also: edru
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]edrú
- sober (not drunk)
- 1912 January 24, Ingimundur, “Vísan um Romskí og sveina hans [The poem about Romski and his lads]”, in Ingólfur[1], volume 10, number 4, Reykjavík, page 16:
- Úr augunum fránu eldur brann
af ógnarbræði og heift með sann,
svo undarlegt engum þyki:
af hræðslu urðu’ allar hetjurnar
er hvergi áður sást bregða par,
„ædru“ á augnabliki.- From the keen eyes fire burned
with terrible rage and fury, truly,
so none will find it strange:
out of fear all the heroes
that had never before been seen startled at all
sober in the blink of an eye.
- From the keen eyes fire burned
- 1924 March 13, “Skift um brækur [A change of breeches]”, in Baunir[2], volume 1, number 2, Ísafjörður: Einherjar, page 6:
- ekki sýndist þeim Gunnar „edru“ vera, en með aðstoð góðra manna komst hann þó á fundinn.
- Gunnar did not seem sober to them, but with the aid of good men he made it to the meeting.
- 1999 December 21, “Ég hef öðlast kjark til að lifa [I have gotten the courage to live]”, in Vikan[3], volume 61, number 42, Reykjavík, page 57:
- Ég fór í meðferð og átta mánuðum síðar var ég komin heim til pabba. Hann hafði farið í meðferð fyrir tveimur árum og verið edrú síðan.
- I went to therapy and eight months later I was home with Dad. He had been to therapy two years ago and been sober since.
References
[edit]- ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan kemur orðið edrú? (“Where does the word edrú come from?”)