trúa

See also: trua

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trúa, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰruːa/
  • Rhymes: -uːa

Verb

trúa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trúði, supine trúað)

  1. to believe

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Anagrams


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

trúa (singular past indicative trúði, plural past indicative trúðu, past participle trúat)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to believe
    mundir þú trúa fyrirburð þessum, ef Njáll segði þér?
    would you believe it if Njál said it?

Conjugation

Descendants

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

References

  • trúa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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