þrá

See also: thra-, thrá, þra, and Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þrá (“a throe; struggle; longing”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawō (“grief; pain; threat”). More at throe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Noun

þrá f (genitive singular þrár, nominative plural þrár)

1. a desire, a yearning

Declension

declension of þrá

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráin	þrár	þrárnar
accusative	þrá	þrána	þrár	þrárnar
dative	þrá	þránni	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrár	þrárinnar	þráa	þránna

Derived terms

• fortíðarþrá

Verb

þrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þráði, supine þráð)

1. to desire, to yearn, to long
2. to want or to desire sexually

   Ég þrái þig.

   I want you.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

þrá

1. inflection of þrár:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þrawō f (“longing, suffering”). Akin to Old English þrēa and Middle High German drō.

Alternative forms

• þrǫ́

Noun

þrá f (genitive þrár)

2. longing, yearning

Declension

  Declension of þrá (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráin	þrár	þrárnar
accusative	þrá	þráina	þrár	þrárnar
dative	þrá	þráinni	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrár	þrárinnar	þrá	þránna

Descendants

• Icelandic: þrá
• Faroese: trá
• Norn: trå
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
• Norwegian Bokmål: trå
• Old Swedish: þrā, thrā
  • Swedish: trå, åtrå
• Old Danish: thraa, attraa
  • Danish: attrå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: attrå
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: attrå

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þrawōną, related to *þrawō (“longing, suffering”).

Verb

þrá (singular past indicative þráði, plural past indicative þráðu, past participle þráðr)

2. to long, yearn

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrá — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	þrá
present participle	þráandi
past participle	þráðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þrá	þráða
2nd-person singular	þrár	þráðir
3rd-person singular	þrár	þráði
1st-person plural	þrám	þráðum
2nd-person plural	þráið	þráðuð
3rd-person plural	þrá	þráðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þrá	þráða
2nd-person singular	þráir	þráðir
3rd-person singular	þrái	þráði
1st-person plural	þráim	þráðim
2nd-person plural	þráið	þráðið
3rd-person plural	þrái	þráði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þrá
1st-person plural	þrám
2nd-person plural	þráið

Conjugation of þrá — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	þrásk
present participle	þrándisk
past participle	þrázk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þrámk	þráðumk
2nd-person singular	þrásk	þráðisk
3rd-person singular	þrásk	þráðisk
1st-person plural	þrámsk	þráðumsk
2nd-person plural	þráizk	þráðuzk
3rd-person plural	þrásk	þráðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þrámk	þráðumk
2nd-person singular	þráisk	þráðisk
3rd-person singular	þráisk	þráðisk
1st-person plural	þráimsk	þráðimsk
2nd-person plural	þráizk	þráðizk
3rd-person plural	þráisk	þráðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þrásk
1st-person plural	þrámsk
2nd-person plural	þráizk

Derived terms

• þránaðr

Related terms

• þreyja

Descendants

• Icelandic: þrá
• Faroese: tráa
• Norn: trå
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
• Norwegian Bokmål: trå
• Old Swedish: þra, thra
  • Swedish: trå

Etymology 3

From the adjective þrár (“stubborn, obstinate”).

Noun

þrá n

2. obstinacy

Declension

  Declension of þrá (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þrá	þráit	þrá	þráin
accusative	þrá	þráit	þrá	þráin
dative	þrá, þrái	þránu, þráinu	þrám	þránum
genitive	þrás	þrásins	þrá	þránna

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

þrá

1. inflection of þrár:
   1. strong feminine nominative/accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
   4. weak masculine oblique singular
   5. weak feminine nominative/oblique singular
   6. weak neuter singular
   7. weak nominative/accusative/dative plural

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

þrá

1. inflection of þrái m:
   1. oblique singular indefinite
   2. accusative/genitive plural indefinite

References

• þrá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.