strang
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
strang (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of strong
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
strang
- Alternative form of straunge
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *strangaz, from the Proto-Indo-European *streng- (“stiff, tight”), *strenk- [1]. Cognate with Old Saxon strang, Old High German strangi, Old Norse strangr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
strang (comparative strengra, superlative strenġest)
Declension[edit]
Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
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case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
nominative | stranga | strange | strange | strangan | nom. | strang | strange | strang | stranga, -e | ||||
accusative | strangan | strange | strangan | acc. | strangne | strang | strange | strange | strang | stranga, -e | |||
genitive | strangan | strangra, strangena | gen. | stranges | stranges | strangre | strangra | ||||||
dative | strangan | strangum | dat. | strangum | strangum | strangre | strangum | ||||||
instrumental | strange |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny 2594
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse strangr, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *streng-, *strenk- (“taut, stiff, tight”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Lövånger) IPA(key): [strɒ́ŋː]
- (Burträsk) IPA(key): [stráŋː]
- (Luleå) IPA(key): [strǽːk]
- (Kalix) IPA(key): [strɑ̰́ːk]
- Rhymes: -áŋɡ
Adjective[edit]
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