styrkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sturkiz.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈstyrkr̩/

Noun

styrkr m

  1. strength, bodily strength

Descendants

  • Icelandic: styrkur
  • Faroese: styrkur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: styrke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: styrke
  • Old Swedish: styrker m, styrk f
  • Danish: styrke

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “styrkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 414; also available at the Internet Archive
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