styrkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sturkiz.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈstyrkr̩/

Noun

styrkr m

1. strength, bodily strength

Descendants

• Icelandic: styrkur
• Faroese: styrkur
• Norwegian Bokmål: styrke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: styrke
• Old Swedish: styrker m, styrk f
  • Swedish: styrka
• Danish: styrke

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “styrkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 414; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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