trå

From Old Danish trodhe, trædhe, Old Norse troða, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną (“to tread”). See under træde.

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trå

1. (dialect) to tread

• “træde,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse þrá, from Proto-Germanic *þrawō.

trå

1. desire, great longing
2. a place where profit may be expected

trå

1. to have a great desire for
2. to long for

From Old Norse troða.

trå (imperative trå, present tense trår, passive trås, simple past trådde or trådte or tro, past participle trådd or trådt, present participle trående)

1. to tread, step, set foot (på / on)

   trå vannet - tread water

• tråbil

• “trå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• Homophone: tråd

From Old Norse þrá.

trå f (definite singular tråa, indefinite plural tråer, definite plural tråene)

1. a strong wish, yearning, longing, want etc.

trå (present tense trår, past tense trådde, past participle trått/trådd, passive infinitive tråast, present participle tråande, imperative trå)

1. to yearn, long

From Old Norse þrár.

trå (masculine and feminine trå, neuter trått, definite singular and plural trå or tråe, comparative tråare, indefinite superlative tråast, definite superlative tråaste)

1. resilient, unbending, patient
2. stubborn
3. (physics) inert

   Synonym: treg

4. bitter, shrill

   Synonym: beisk

From Old Norse troða, as is also its doublet of trø and tre.

trå (present tense trår, past tense trådde, past participle trått/trådd, passive infinitive tråast, present participle tråande, imperative trå)

1. to tread

• “trå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• tår

From Old Norse þrá, from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“longing, suffering”).

trå c or f

1. (obsolete) desire, great longing
2. (obsolete) agony, great suffering

• åtrå (“(romantic) desire”)

• trånad (“great longing”)

• tår