strupe

From Old Norse strúpi, strjúpi.

strupe m (definite singular strupen, indefinite plural struper, definite plural strupene)

1. (anatomy) throat

• “strupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “strupe_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse strúpi, strjúpi.

strupe m (definite singular strupen, indefinite plural strupar, definite plural strupane)

1. (anatomy) throat

• “strupe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Swedish strūpe, from Old Norse strúpi, strjúpi, from Proto-Germanic [Term?]. Cognate with Danish strube, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strupe and Icelandic strjúpi.

strupe c

1. a throat (front part of the neck, gullet, windpipe)

   ha kniven mot strupen

   be in a critical situation ("have the knife against the throat")

   fastna i strupen

   get stuck in the throat

• luftstrupe
• matstrupe
• struphuvud
• strupljud
• struplock
• strupsäck

• strypa (“to strangle”)

• strupe in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• strupe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Petrus