svæsinn

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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Adjective edit

svæsinn (comparative svæsnari, superlative svæsnastur)

ferocious
coarse, blunt, obscene (describing a story or some other work)
a severe bout of an illness
svæsin matareitrun ― severe food poisoning

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

“svæsinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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