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
  • Swedish: sträng c

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