þrot
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Norse þrot, from Proto-Germanic *þrutą (“exhaustion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔːt
Noun[edit]
þrot n (genitive singular þrots, nominative plural þrot)
Usage notes[edit]
- The word þrot is chiefly used in set phrases, such as á þrotum (“at an end, run out, exhausted”) and að þrotum kominn (“exhausted, used up, worn out”).
Declension[edit]
declension of þrot
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “þrot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)