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Icelandic
Etymology
From þræll (“slave”) + stríð (“war”). Attested since 1874.[1]
Proper noun
Þrælastríðið n (proper noun, definite only, genitive singular Þrælastríðsins)
- the American Civil War
Declension
Declension of Þrælastríðið (sg-only neuter)
References
- ^ Þórarinn Böðvarsson (1874) Lestrarbók handa alþýðu á Íslandi (in Icelandic), page 99: “... þrælastríðið hófst , var framan af æfi sinni formaður á bát , og Grant verkaði í mörg ár skinn ; síðar varð hann einn hinn mesti hersforingi , og síðast ríkisforseti . Þeir sem fæddir eru í auð og upphefð , hafa eigi hina sömu […]”
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