þrá

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θrauː/ Rhymes: -auː === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse þrá (“a throe; struggle; longing”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“grief; pain; threat”). More at throe. ==== Noun ==== þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár) a desire, a yearning ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fortíðarþrá === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== þrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þráði, supine þráð) to desire, to yearn, to long to want or to desire sexually ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== þrá inflection of þrár: strong feminine nominative singular strong neuter nominative/accusative plural == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *þrawō f (“longing, suffering”). Akin to Old English þrēa and Middle High German drō. ==== Alternative forms ==== þrǫ́ ==== Noun ==== þrá f (genitive þrár) longing, yearning ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *þrawōną, related to *þrawō (“longing, suffering”). ==== Verb ==== þrá (singular past indicative þráði, plural past indicative þráðu, past participle þráðr) to long, yearn ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== þránaðr ===== Related terms ===== þreyja ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: þrá Faroese: tráa Norn: trå Norwegian Nynorsk: trå Norwegian Bokmål: trå Old Swedish: þra, thra Swedish: trå Old Danish: thra Danish: attrå === Etymology 3 === From the adjective þrár (“stubborn, obstinate”). ==== Noun ==== þrá n obstinacy ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== þrá inflection of þrár: strong feminine nominative/accusative singular strong masculine accusative plural strong neuter nominative/accusative plural weak masculine oblique singular weak feminine nominative/oblique singular weak neuter singular weak nominative/accusative/dative plural === Etymology 5 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== þrá inflection of þrái m: oblique singular indefinite accusative/genitive plural indefinite === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þrá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 515; also available at the Internet Archive