hnútur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse knútr, from Proto-Germanic (compare *knuttan-, whence English knot).

Pronunciation

Noun

hnútur m (genitive singular hnúts, nominative plural hnútar)

  1. knot
  2. (medicine) hernia
    Synonyms: haull, kviðslit
  3. (graph theory) vertex

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