stryge
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną, cognate with Swedish stryka. The similar verbs English stroke and German streichen go back to an unrelated word, *strīkaną.
stryge (imperative stryg, infinitive at stryge, present tense stryger, past tense strøg, perfect tense strøget)
Borrowed from Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Old French estrie, which was the inherited form.
stryge f (plural stryges)
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