selur
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Icelandic
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Cognate with English seal.
Pronunciation
Noun
selur m (genitive singular sels, nominative plural selir)
- (an animal) a seal
Declension
Derived terms
Derived terms
- að verða ekki um sel
- blöðruselur (“hooded seal, bladdernose”)
- eyjaselur (“grey seal”)
- granselur (“bearded seal, squareflipper seal”)
- grænselur (“grey seal”)
- haustselur (“grey seal”)
- kampselur (“bearded seal, squareflipper seal”)
- landselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
- láturselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
- skötuselur (“Alaska blackfish, angler, anglerfish, blackfish, bullmouth, devilfish, devilray, frogfish, goosefish, grassfish, horned ray, monk, monkfish”)
- útselur (“grey seal”)
- útskerjaselur (“grey seal”)
- verða ekki um sel
- vetrarselur (“grey seal”)
- vigraselur (“grey seal”)
- vorselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
- vöðuselur (“Greenland seal, harp seal, sortside”)
- vöðuselur (“grey seal”)