strauja

Icelandic

/ˈstrøyːja/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (transitive) to iron, to press; to pass an iron over clothing to remove creases.
  • (transitive) to format, to initialise; to prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

Etymology

Derived from Danish stryge.

Origin

Danish

stryge

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