raust

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse raust, ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow, boil, stream, move”).[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *runsiz (“river”).

Cognate with Danish røst, Faroese reyst, Norwegian Nynorsk røyst and Swedish röst.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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raust f (genitive singular raustar, nominative plural raustir)

  1. voice

Declension

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    Declension of raust
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative raust raustin raustir raustirnar
accusative raust raustina raustir raustirnar
dative raust raustinni raustum raustunum
genitive raustar raustarinnar rausta raustanna

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “922”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 922

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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raust

  1. neuter singular of raus

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hraustr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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raust (indefinite singular raust, definite singular and plural rauste, comparative raustare, indefinite superlative raustast, definite superlative raustaste)

  1. (archaic) brave, skilful
    • 1894, Per Sivle, Svolder:
      Og raustare menn enn han hadde no, hev Norig aldri sendt ut paa sjo.
      And braver men than he had now, Norway has never sent out to sea.
  2. Alternative form of raus
  3. neuter singular of raus

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