STRÚTR

STRÚTR
m. pointed hood.
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m. [Engl. strut], a sort of hood jutting out like a horn, Fms. xi. 77 (whence the name Strút-Haraldr), D. N. ii. 380, Mag. 63; hettu-strútr, a ‘strutting’ hood, H. E. ii. 652; hafa strút á höfðinu, to wear a handkerchief wound round the head, as old women do in Icel.
2. the name of a dog with a white neck or head, Fs. (in a verse), and in mod. usage; cp. strýta.
3. as a local name, of a ‘strut’-formed fell in Icel., see map of Icel.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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