undra

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

undra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative undraði, supine undrað)

  1. (transitive) to wonder at, to marvel at, to be amazed by

Conjugation

Noun

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  1. indefinite genitive plural of undur

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

undra n

  1. definite plural of under

Old Norse

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wundrōną, denominal of *wundrą, whence Old Norse undr (wonder). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to love).

Verb

undra

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to wonder at
  2. (impersonal) to be astonished
    mik undrar
    it astonishes me

Conjugation

Related terms

  • undr n (wonder)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: undra
  • Faroese: undrast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: undra, undre; undrast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: undre; undres
  • Swedish: undra
  • Danish: undre

References

  • undra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

under +‎ -a, from Old Norse undra.

Pronunciation

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Verb

undra (present undrar, preterite undrade, supine undrat, imperative undra)

  1. to wonder (to ponder about something)

Conjugation

Related terms

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