strengr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

strengr m (genitive strengjar or strengs, plural strengir)

1. string

Declension

Declension of strengr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strengr	strengrinn	strengir	strengirnir
accusative	streng	strenginn	strengi	strengina
dative	streng	strenginum	strengjum	strengjunum
genitive	strengjar, strengs	strengjarins, strengsins	strengja	strengjanna

Descendants

• Danish: streng c
• Faroese: strongur m
• Icelandic: strengur m
• Norwegian Bokmål: streng m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: streng m
• → Old Irish: sreng f
  • → Irish: sreang f
  • → Manx: streng f
  • → Scottish Gaelic: sreang f
• Old Swedish: strænger m
  • Swedish: sträng c

Further reading

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