þreyja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrawjaną.

Verb

þreyja

  1. to feel for, desire, yearn after
  2. to suffer, endure
    • Skírnismál
      lǫng es nǫ́tt, lǫng es ǫnnur
      hvé of þreyja’k þríar?
      long is a night, long is another; how can I endure three?

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þreyja

References

  • þreyja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • “þreyja” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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