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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.
Pronunciation
Noun
jörð f (genitive singular jarðar, nominative plural jarðir)
- earth
- 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.
Þetta er jörðin okkar.- This is our earth.
- soil
- ground
- estate, tract of land (as property)
Usage notes
- (Earth): Often used with a definite article jörðin, a little akin to the English "the earth".
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