þraut

See also: traut

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þraut, from Proto-Germanic *þrautō, *þrautą (“complaint, annoyance, struggle, swink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrøyːt/

  Rhymes: -øyːt

Noun

þraut f (genitive singular þrautar, nominative plural þrautir)

1. a trial, a difficult test
2. a puzzle
3. (plural only) pain

Derived terms

• berjast til þrautar (“to fight to the bitter end”)
• gestaþraut
• reyna eitthvað til þrautar (“to test something to the full”)
• fimmþraut (“pentathlon”)
• tugþraut (“decathlon”)

Related terms

• þreyta

Old Norse

Verb

þraut

1. first-person singular past indicative active of þrjóta
2. third-person singular past indicative active of þrjóta