strengr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *strangiz, whence also Old English streng, Old High German stranc. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord; to be tight”).

Noun

strengr m (genitive strengjar or strengs, plural strengir)

string

Declension

Declension of strengr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strengr	strengrinn	strengir	strengirnir
accusative	streng	strenginn	strengi	strengina
dative	streng	strenginum	strengjum	strengjumnum
genitive	strengjar	strengjarins	strengja	strengjanna

Declension of strengr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strengr	strengrinn	strengir	strengirnir
accusative	streng	strenginn	strengi	strengina
dative	streng	strenginum	strengjum	strengjumnum
genitive	strengs	strengarins	strengja	strengjanna

Descendants

Danish: streng c
Faroese: strongur m
Icelandic: strengur m
Norwegian Bokmål: streng m
Norwegian Nynorsk: streng m

Old Irish: sreng f
- Irish: sreang
- Manx: streng f
Swedish: sträng c

References

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

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