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Icelandic
Etymology
Variation of ámumaðkur, from áma (“type of skin rash”) + maðkur (“worm”). In folk religion the skin rash was associated with earthworms, either as the cause or as the cure. [1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ánamaðkur m (genitive singular ánamaðks, nominative plural ánamaðkar)
- earthworm (animal)
- Synonym: slöngumaðkur
Declension
Declension of
ánamaðkur (
masculine, based on maðkur)
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, pages 16, 17 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)