strita

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɪːta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːta

Verb

strita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stritaði, supine stritað)

  1. (intransitive) to toil, to work hard
    Synonyms: erfiða, puða, streða, púla, baksa, basla, hamast, djöflast

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • strit (toil, hard work)

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

strita

  1. (transitive) to drag with difficulty

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: strita
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: streta, strete

References

  • strita”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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