sultur
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sultr (“hunger, famine”), from Proto-Germanic *swultiz (“hunger, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smoulder, burn”). Cognate with Danish sult (“hunger, starvation”), Old English swylt (“death”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ʏl̥tʏr
Noun[edit]
sultur m (genitive singular sultar or sults, no plural)
Derived terms[edit]
- sultur gerir sætan mat (hunger makes the food taste sweet; hunger is the best sauce, hunger is a good sauce)
Noun[edit]
sultur
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏl̥tʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏl̥tʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms