stryge

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish strykæ, from Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną. Cognate with Swedish stryka. The similar verbs English stroke and German streichen go back to an unrelated word, *strīkaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsd̥ʁyːə], [ˈsd̥ʁyːy] === Verb === stryge (imperative stryg, infinitive at stryge, present tense stryger, past tense strøg, perfect tense strøget) to stroke, to gently caress to iron (cloth); to pass an iron over ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Icelandic: strauja, straua === References === “stryge” in Den Danske Ordbog “stryge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Old French estrie, which was the inherited form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stʁiʒ/ === Noun === stryge f (plural stryges) (mythology, folklore) strix (literary or archaic) witch === Further reading === “stryge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012