Þrek

Old Norse Dictionary - þrek

Meaning of Old Norse word "þrek" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þrek Old Norse word can mean:

þrek: n., in poets þrekr, m.; meiri varð þinn þrekr en þeira, … sinn þrek, … þú hefir vandan þik dýrum þrek, … minna þrek (dat.), Ó. H. (in a verse, see Lex. Poët.); slíkan þrek, Jd. 11; jöfnum þrek, Fms. vi. 423; þann muntú þrek drýgja, Hbl.; eljun, þrekr, nenning, Edda 109; mikill þrekr ok afl, Sks. 159 new Ed.:—pith, strength, courage, fortitude, eigi höfum vér þrek til at berjask við Þorstein, Korm. 236; um röskvan mann þann er vel væri at þreki búinn, Fms. vii. 227 (here it is evidently neut., for if masc. it would drop the i); ef þú hefir eigi þrek til, courage, Nj. 31; hafa þrek ok hugborð til e-s, Fms. vii. 143; hafa þrek við e-m, to be a match for, Fs. 125, Fbr. 111 new Ed.

þrek: COMPDS: þrekförlaðr, þreklauss, þrekleysi, þrekliga, þrekligr, þreklyndr, þrekmaðr, þrekmikill, þreknenninn, þrekramr, þreksamr, þrekstjarna, þrekstórr, þrekvirki.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

masc.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hbl.: Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)

Jd.: Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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