straumr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

straumr m

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

Declension

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

  • brjóta straum fyrir (to break the stream for one, to bear the brunt)
  • stórstraumr (a spring-tide)
  • smástraumr (a neap-tide)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: straumur
  • Faroese: streymur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: straum; (dialectal) strom (cf. flom < flaumr), strøym, strem
  • Old Swedish: strømber
  • Danish: strøm

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “straumr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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