strákr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A nominal formation related to Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“rigid, strong”); compare, in particular, Norwegian straak, strokk (“knave, boy, lad”), Old English stræc, Middle Low German strak, Middle Dutch strac, Old High German strach (“tight, firm”).[1]
Noun
[edit]strákr m
Declension
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Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: strákur
References
[edit]- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “strákr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary][1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 552
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “strákr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive