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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hrútr, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hrútur m (genitive singular hrúts, nominative plural hrútar)
- a ram (male sheep)
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
Krummi krunkar úti,
kallar á nafna sinn:
„Ég fann höfud af hrúti
hrygg og gæruskinn.“
Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
krummi nafni minn.- “Krummi croaks outside,
calling his namesake:
‘I found the head of a ram,
backbone and sheepskin.’
Come now and peck with me,
Krummi, my namesake.”
- Coordinate terms: kind, rolla
Declension
Declension of hrútur (masculine)
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