strengr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *strangiz, whence also Old English streng, Old High German stranc. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (rope, cord; to be tight).

Noun

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strengr m (genitive strengjar or strengs, plural strengir)

  1. string

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Danish: streng c
  • Faroese: strongur m
  • Icelandic: strengur m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: streng m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: streng m
  • Old Irish: sreng f
  • Old Swedish: strænger m

References

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  • strengr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press