Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse dauði, dauðr, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dauði m (genitive singular dauða, no plural)

  1. death
    • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
      Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
      I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (death).

Noun edit

dauði m

  1. death
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: dauði
  • Faroese: deyði
  • Old Swedish: dø̄þe

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

dauði

  1. weak masculine nominative singular of dauðr