þraut

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þraut, from Proto-Germanic *þrautō, *þrautą (“complaint, annoyance, struggle, swink”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θrøyːt/
    Rhymes: -øyːt

Noun

þraut f (genitive singular þrautar, nominative plural þrautir)

  1. a trial, a difficult test
  2. a puzzle syn.
  3. (plural only) pain

Declension
declension of þraut
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þraut þrautin þrautir þrautirnar
accusative þraut þrautina þrautir þrautirnar
dative þraut þrautinni þrautum þrautunum
genitive þrautar þrautarinnar þrauta þrautanna

Derived terms
  • berjast til þrautar (to fight to the bitter end)
  • reyna eitthvað til þrautar (to test something to the full)
  • gestaþraut
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