strjúka

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

strjúka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative strauk, third-person plural past indicative struku, supine strokið)

  1. (with dative) to stroke
  2. to wipe
  3. to run off (without leave, e.g. from home, prison, etc.)

Conjugation

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Verb

strjúka (singular past indicative strauk, plural past indicative struku, past participle strokinn)

  1. (transitive) to stroke, rut, wipe
    strjúka hendinni um ennit
    to wipe one's forehead with the hand
  2. to stroke gently
  3. to smooth, brush
  4. to flog
  5. to dash off

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Danish: stryge
  • Faroese: strúka
  • Icelandic: strjúka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stryke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stryka, stryke
  • Swedish: stryka

References

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