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straumr -s, -ar m

1. stream, current (veðr var hvast ok straumar miklir); við strauminum, against the current (reið J við strauminum, en B forstreymis); reka fyrir strauminum, to drift with the tide; brjóta straum fyrir e-u to break the stream for a thing, bear the brunt, prepare the way

Zoega's Old Icelandic dictionary.
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