tramr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Assumed to stem from a root with the sense "running, leeping", originally meaning "scurrying creature" or thereof, then cognate with Middle High German tremen (“wobble”), to Proto-Germanic *tremaną (“to wander, waver”); also Old English trem (“track”), Ancient Greek δραμε͂ιν (dramêin, “run”), Sanskrit द्रमति (drámati, “to run (about)”).

Compare þrá.

Noun

tramr (m)

  1. (folklore) devil, troll, demon, evil spirit
    1. (religion, in definite form) the devil (Satan)
Declension
Declension of tramr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tramr tramrinn tramar tramarnir
accusative tram traminn trama tramana
dative trami traminum tramum tramunum
genitive trams tramsins trama tramanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: trami (“devil”)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tram (“devil”)
  • Swedish: (archaic) tram, trami, tromme, tråmä (“devil, the devil”)
    • Swedish: trolltram, trolletram (“troll-devil: the giant Þrymr”)
    • ⇒ Swedish: (dialectal) tra, trå (“the devil”)
  • Old Norse: (definite) traminn (“the devil”)
    • Danish: (definite) tremen, tremmen (“the devil”)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: (definite) træmen, træmmen (“the devil”)
    • Old Swedish: (definite) træmen (“the devil”)
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