strengr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]strengr m (genitive strengjar or strengs, plural strengir)
Declension
[edit] Declension of strengr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- “strengr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press