strangi

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the same ultimate source as strangur (“severe, strict”). Compare Old English streng (modern English string).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

strangi m (genitive singular stranga, nominative plural strangar)

  1. roll, bolt (of cloth)

Declension[edit]

declension of strangi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative strangi stranginn strangar strangarnir
accusative stranga strangann stranga strangana
dative stranga stranganum ströngum ströngunum
genitive stranga strangans stranga stranganna

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1036-37”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1036-37

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *strang.

Adjective[edit]

strangi

  1. strong
Derived terms[edit]
  • strangī
Descendants[edit]
  • Middle High German: strenge, strange

Etymology 2[edit]

strangi (“strong”) +‎ -ī.

Noun[edit]

strangī f

  1. strength
Declension[edit]
Declension of strangī (īn-stem)
case singular plural
nominative strangī strangī
accusative strangī strangī
genitive strangī strangino
dative strangī stranginum
Descendants[edit]
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