troða

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See also: troda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse troða, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

troða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tróð, third-person plural past indicative tróðu, supine troðið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to tread on, to step on
  2. (transitive, with dative) to cram (in), to stuff

Conjugation

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Cognate with Old English tredan (English tread), Old Frisian treda, Old Saxon tredan (Low German treden, Old Dutch tredan (Dutch treden), Old High German tretan (German treten), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan).

Verb

troða

  1. to tread, to walk
  2. to trample (someone)

Conjugation

Descendants

In Swedish and Danish the original verb was mostly replaced by the borrowing from Middle Low German treden.