strákr

Old Norse

Etymology

A nominal formation related to Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“rigid, strong”); compare, in particular, Norwegian straak, strokk (“knave, boy, lad”), Old English stræc, Middle Low German strak, Middle Dutch strac, Old High German strach (“tight, firm”).[1]

Noun

strákr m

  1. vagabond, vagrant, tramp, hobo

Declension

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: strákur

References

  1. ^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “strákr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 552.

Further reading

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