tryga

Swedish

Alternative forms

• trudja, truga, tröga
• truv m, tryv m, trög m

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse [Term?]. Compare Icelandic þrúga f (“human snowshoe”), Old Norse þrjúgr m and Norwegian Nynorsk truge f (“human snowshoe”). The Norwegian word in some areas had original use as the Swedish one, but now means a snowshoe made for humans (not horses).

Noun

tryga c

1. A snowshoe (usually for a horse, but some types can be used for humans)

Declension

Declension of tryga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tryga	trygas
	definite	trygan	trygans
plural	indefinite	trygor	trygors
	definite	trygorna	trygornas