strangr
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