strönd

See also: strǫnd and strond

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strœnt]

  Rhymes: -œnt

Noun

strönd f (genitive singular strandar, nominative plural strendur or strandir)

1. coast
2. beach
3. shore

Usage notes

• Place names using strönd in the plural use the form strandir (eg. Hornstrandir) except for the Faroese village Strendur, which is directly loaned from Faroese.

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strönd	ströndin	strendur, strandir	strendurnar, strandirnar
accusative	strönd	ströndina	strendur, strandir	strendurnar, strandirnar
dative	strönd	ströndinni	ströndum	ströndunum
genitive	strandar	strandarinnar	stranda	strandanna

Declension of strönd (feminine)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “strönd”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “strönd” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “strönd”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)