þrá

From Old Norse þrá (“a throe; struggle; longing”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“grief; pain; threat”). More at throe.

• IPA^(key): /θrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár)

1. a desire, a yearning

• fortíðarþrá

þrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þráði, supine þráð)

1. to desire, to yearn, to long
2. to want or to desire sexually

   Ég þrái þig.

   I want you.

þrá

1. strong feminine nominative singular of þrár
2. strong neuter nominative plural of þrár
3. strong neuter accusative plural of þrár

From Proto-Germanic *þrawō f (“longing, suffering”). Akin to Old English þrēa and Middle High German drō.

• þrǫ́

þrá f (genitive þrár)

1. longing, yearning

From Proto-Germanic *þrawōną, related to *þrawō (“longing, suffering”).

þrá (singular past indicative þráði, plural past indicative þráðu, past participle þráðr)

1. to long, yearn

• þránaðr

• þreyja

• Icelandic: þrá
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
• Norwegian Bokmål: trå
• Old Swedish: þra, thra
  • Swedish: trå

From the adjective þrár (“stubborn, obstinate”).

þrá n

1. obstinacy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

þrá

1. strong feminine nominative singular of þrár
2. strong feminine accusative singular of þrár
3. strong masculine accusative plural of þrár
4. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of þrár
5. weak masculine oblique singular of þrár
6. weak feminine nominative singular of þrár
7. weak feminine oblique singular of þrár
8. weak neuter singular of þrár
9. weak nominative/accusative/dative plural of þrár

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

þrá

1. oblique singular indefinite of þrái m
2. accusative plural indefinite of þrái m
3. genitive plural indefinite of þrái m

• þrá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.