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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dauði, dauðr, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
dauði m (genitive singular dauða, no plural)
- death
- Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
- Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
- I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
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Old Norse
Etymology 1
Derived from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (“death”).
Noun
dauði m
- death
Declension
Declension of dauði (weak an-stem)
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
dauði
- weak masculine nominative singular of dauðr