straumr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”). Compare Old English strēam (English stream), Old Frisian strām (West Frisian stream), Old Saxon strōm (Low German Stroom), Dutch stroom, Old High German stroum, strōm (German Strom (“a stream, a current”)).

Noun

straumr m

  1. a stream, a current, a race, a river
  2. (nautical, of the sea) the tide

Derived terms
  • brjóta straum fyrir (to break the stream for one, to bear the brunt)
  • stórstraumr (a spring-tide)
  • smástraumr (a neap-tide)

Descendants

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