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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
Declension of selur (masculine)
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)
See also