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raun

raun

Icelandic

Noun

raun f (genitive singular raunar, nominative plural raunir)

  1. trial, test, experiment
  2. experience
  3. truth
  4. distress, trouble, tribulation
    • Icelandic translation of Psalms 34:20
      Margar eru raunir réttláts manns, en Drottinn frelsar hann úr þeim öllum.
      Many are the troubles of a righteous man, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

Declension

Derived terms

  • í raun og veru ("in reality, really")
  • komast að raun um ("to come to know about, to learn the truth about, to ascertain")
  • hafa raun af ("to be troubled by, to be pained by")
  • rata í raunir ("to run into trouble, to suffer misfortune")

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˑun/

Verb

raun

  1. to patrol, to travel around, to tour