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

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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