þrot
Icelandic
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Norse þrot, from Proto-Germanic *þrutą (“exhaustion”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɔːt
Noun
editþrot n (genitive singular þrots, nominative plural þrot)
Usage notes
edit- The word þrot is chiefly used in set phrases, such as á þrotum (“at an end, run out, exhausted”) and að þrotum kominn (“exhausted, used up, worn out”).
Declension
editdeclension of þrot
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “þrot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)