slóð

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See also: sloth and słód

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse slóð. Compare English sleuth.

Pronunciation

Noun

slóð f (genitive singular slóðar, plural slóðir)

  1. trace
  2. (computing) link, hyperlink

Declension

Declension of slóð
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slóð slóðin slóðir slóðirnar
accusative slóð slóðina slóðir slóðirnar
dative slóð slóðini slóðum slóðunum
genitive slóðar slóðarinnar slóða slóðanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse slóð.

Pronunciation

Noun

slóð f (genitive singular slóðar, nominative plural slóðir)

  1. a trail, a beaten track, a path
  2. (used in the plural) an area, a region, neck of the woods
  3. (computing) file path, URL

Declension

Synonyms

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (to slide). See also English slide, sled, and sledge (sense 2).[1]

Noun

slóð f

  1. trail, track

Descendants

  • Danish: slod, slo
  • English: sleuth
  • Faroese: slóð
  • Icelandic: slóð
  • Norwegian: slo
  • Swedish: slod (dialectal), slo

References

  1. ^ Walter W[illiam] Skeat (1910) “SLEUTH”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new (4th) revised and enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, published 1963, →OCLC.