þraut

See also: traut

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þraut, from Proto-Germanic *þrautō, *þrautą (“complaint, annoyance, struggle, swink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θrøyːt/
    Rhymes: -øyːt

Noun

þraut f (genitive singular þrautar, nominative plural þrautir)

  1. a trial, a difficult test
  2. a puzzle
  3. (plural only) pain

Declension

Declension of þraut (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þraut þrautin þrautir þrautirnar
accusative þraut þrautina þrautir þrautirnar
dative þraut þrautinni þrautum þrautunum
genitive þrautar þrautarinnar þrauta þrautanna

Derived terms

  • berjast til þrautar (“to fight to the bitter end”)
  • gestaþraut
  • reyna eitthvað til þrautar (“to test something to the full”)
  • fimmþraut (“pentathlon”)
  • tugþraut (“decathlon”)

Old Norse

Verb

þraut

  1. first-person singular past indicative active of þrjóta
  2. third-person singular past indicative active of þrjóta
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