strangr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *strangaz, whence also Old Saxon and Old English strang, Old High German strengi, strangi. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”).

Adjective

strangr

1. severe

Descendants

• Icelandic: strangur
• Faroese: strangur
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: streng

  Norwegian Nynorsk: streng

• Old Swedish: strænger, stranger
  • Swedish: sträng, strang (dialectal)
• Danish: stræng, streng

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “strangr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive