trúr

See also: trur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trúr, from Proto-Germanic *trūwaz (“true, faithful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰruːr]
• Rhymes: -uːr

Adjective

trúr (comparative trúrri, superlative trúastur)

1. true, faithful, loyal

Declension

Positive forms of trúr

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	trúr	trú	trútt
	accusative	trúan	trúa
	dative	trúum	trúrri	trúu
	genitive	trús	trúrrar	trús
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	trúir	trúar	trú
	accusative	trúa
	dative	trúum
	genitive	trúrra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	trúi	trúa	trúa
	acc/dat/gen	trúa	trúu
	plural (all-case)	trúu

Comparative forms of trúr

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	trúrri	trúrri	trúrra
	plural (all-case)	trúrri

Superlative forms of trúr

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	trúastur	trúust	trúast
	accusative	trúastan	trúasta
	dative	trúustum	trúastri	trúustu
	genitive	trúasts	trúastrar	trúasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	trúastir	trúastar	trúust
	accusative	trúasta
	dative	trúustum
	genitive	trúastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	trúasti	trúasta	trúasta
	acc/dat/gen	trúasta	trúustu
	plural (all-case)	trúustu

Derived terms

• ótrúr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trūwaz (“true, faithful, believing”). Akin to trú (“faith”).

Adjective

trúr

1. true, faithful
2. safe
3. believing

Declension

Strong declension of trúr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trúr	trú	trútt
accusative	trúan	trúa	trútt
dative	trúm	trúrri	trú
genitive	trús	trúrrar	trús
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trúir	trúar	trú
accusative	trúa	trúar	trú
dative	trúm	trúm	trúm
genitive	trúrra	trúrra	trúrra

Weak declension of trúr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trúi	trúa	trúa
accusative	trúa	trú	trúa
dative	trúa	trú	trúa
genitive	trúa	trú	trúa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trú	trú	trú
accusative	trú	trú	trú
dative	trúm	trúm	trúm
genitive	trú	trú	trú

Descendants

• Icelandic: trúr
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tru
• Norwegian Bokmål: tru, tro

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “trúr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 443; also available at the Internet Archive