Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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straumr m

  1. a stream, a current, a race, a river
  2. (nautical, of the sea) the tide

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References

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  • straumr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press