maurastríð

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

Composed of maur +‎ stríð, literally “ant war”, describing the tiny moving dots. Calque of Danish myrekrig. Compare Swedish myrornas krig, German Ameisenkrieg.

Noun edit

maurastríð n

(informal) TV static, monitor snow

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