troða

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse troða, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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troða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tróð, third-person plural past indicative tróðu, supine troðið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to tread on, to step on
  2. (transitive, with dative) to cram (in), to stuff

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Cognate with Old English tredan (English tread), Old Frisian treda, Old Saxon tredan (Low German treden, Old Dutch tredan (Dutch treden), Old High German tretan (German treten), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan).

Verb

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troða

  1. to tread, to walk
  2. to trample (someone)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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In Swedish and Danish the original verb was mostly replaced by the borrowing from Middle Low German treden.