hungur

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Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.

Pronunciation

Noun

hungur n (genitive singular hungurs, no plural)

  1. hunger, famine
    • 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.

Declension

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

hungur

  1. Alternative form of hunger