grautur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grautr. Compare the Old English grút (“malt mash”) (English groats), Danish grød, Swedish gröt, Norwegian Bokmål grøt; German Grütze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrøyːtʏr/
• Rhymes: -øyːtʏr

Noun

grautur m (genitive singular grautar, nominative plural grautar)

1. porridge, thick soup, a food popular with Scandinavian peasants
2. confusion, a muddle

Usage notes

• Two versions of the dative case exist in Ritmálssafni Orðabókarinnar; graut and grauti.

Declension

declension of grautur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grautur	grauturinn	grautar	grautarnir
accusative	graut	grautinn	grauta	grautana
dative	grauti / graut	grautnum	grautum	grautunum
genitive	grautar	grautarins	grauta	grautanna

Derived terms

• aldingrautur
• áfagrautur
• ávaxtagrautur
• bankabyggsgrautur
• baunagrautur
• berjagrautur
• blóðgrautur
• bygggrautur
• drullugrautur
• eplagrautur
• fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
• fjallagrasagrautur
• flauelsgrautur
• grasagrautur
• grauta
• grautaraskur
• grautarausa
• grautarát (“porridge eating”)
• grautarbakstur
• grautardallur
• Grautardalur
• grautardiskur
• grautarefni
• grautarfat
• grautarfata
• Grautarflói
• Grautarforfugil
• grautargerð
• grautargjörð
• grautarhaus
• grautarheili
• grautarhljóð
• grautarhrísla
• grautarkökkur
• grautarlega
• grautarlegur
• grautarleikur
• grautarlím
• grautarpottur
• grautarskál
• Grautarsker
• grautarskóf
• grautarsleif
• grautarsleikja
• grautarslembra
• grautarsletta
• grautarslóð
• grautarspónn
• grautarstella
• grautarsuða
• grautartrog
• grautartrygill
• grautarvers
• grautarviðja
• grautarvömb
• grautarþvara (“a ladle to stir the porridge in cooking”)
• grjónagrautur
• hafragrautur
• hrísgrjónagrautur
• töðugjaldagrautur (“a harvest porridge, a supper of porridge”)