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tryde

tryde

Danish

Verb

tryde (imperative tryd, infinitive at tryde, present tense tryder, past tense trød, perfect tense har trudt)

  1. (obsolete) lack, be short of
  2. (obsolete) be exhausted, run out
  3. (obsolete) miss, be in need of
    • 1841, Christian Molbech, Dansk dialect-lexicon: indeholdende ord, udtrykt og talemaader af den danske almues tungemaal ... med forklaring og oplysninger, page 608
      tryde, v. a. fattes, mangle. "Dammen tryder aldrig Vand." Man siger ogsaa: Vandet tryder; Brønden tryder. (Siæll.) Isl. þrióta.[sic] Sv. tryta.
      tryde, v. a. lack. "The pond never lacks water." One also says: The water is lacking; the well is lacking. (Sealand) Islandic þrióta. Swedish tryta.

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