Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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strjúka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative strauk, third-person plural past indicative struku, supine strokið)

  1. (with dative) to stroke
  2. to wipe
  3. to run off (without leave, e.g. from home, prison, etc.)

Conjugation

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Verb

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strjúka (singular past indicative strauk, plural past indicative struku, past participle strokinn)

  1. (transitive) to stroke, rut, wipe
    strjúka hendinni um ennit
    to wipe one's forehead with the hand
  2. to stroke gently
  3. to smooth, brush
  4. to flog
  5. to dash off

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Danish: stryge
  • Faroese: strúka
  • Icelandic: strjúka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stryke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stryka, stryke
  • Swedish: stryka

References

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