straumr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”). Compare Old English strēam (English stream), Old Frisian strām (West Frisian stream), Old Saxon strōm (Low German Stroom), Dutch stroom, Old High German stroum, strōm (German Strom (“a stream, a current”)).
Noun edit
straumr m
Declension edit
Declension of straumr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | straumr | straumrinn | straumar | straumarnir |
| accusative | straum | strauminn | strauma | straumana |
| dative | straumi | strauminum | straumum | straumunum |
| genitive | straums | straumsins | strauma | straumanna |
Derived terms edit
- brjóta straum fyrir (to break the stream for one, to bear the brunt)
- stórstraumr (a spring-tide)
- smástraumr (a neap-tide)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: straumur
- Faroese: streymur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: straum
- Norwegian: (dialectal) strom (cf. flom < flaumr), strøym, strem
- Old Swedish: strømber
- Swedish: ström
- Danish: strøm
- Norwegian Bokmål: strøm
References edit
- “straumr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press