strangr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *strangaz, whence also Old Saxon and Old English strang, Old High German strengi, strangi. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”).
Adjective[edit]
strangr
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: strangur
- Faroese: strangur
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: strænger, stranger
- Danish: stræng, streng
References[edit]
- “strangr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press