strjúpi

strjúpi
m. the bleeding trunk or neck, when the head is cut off.
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a, m. [Dan. strube; Swed. strupe = throat; akin to stropi, q. v.]:—the spurting, bleeding trunk, when the head is cut off; hann lét höggva kálf, ok blæða ór kálf-strjúpanum, Njarð. 374; mjólk hljóp ór strjúpanum fram fyrst, 655 xiii. A. 1.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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  • stroup — ˈstrüp noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English stroupe, from Old Norse strūpi, strjūpi; akin to Norwegian dialect strop narrow opening, and probably to Greek stryphnos astringent more at strubbly 1. dialect chiefly England …   Useful english dictionary

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