strákr

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Old Norse

Etymology

A nominal formation related to Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“rigid, strong”); compare, in particular, Norwegian straak, strokk (“knave, boy, lad”), Old English stræc, Middle Low German strak, Middle Dutch strac, Old High German strach (“tight, firm”).[1]

Noun

strákr m

  1. vagabond, vagrant, tramp, hobo

Declension

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: strákur

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “strákr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 552

Further reading

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