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tryggur.

loyal, faithful

7 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈtʰrɪk(ː)ʏr]

  1. loyal, faithful

    Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.

  2. which can be trusted, safe

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse tryggr (“true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. Cognate with the Old English trīewe (English true), Old High German triuwi (German trau); Dutch trouw; Danish tryg, Faroese tryggur, Norwegian Bokmål trygg and Swedish trygg.

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