Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse soltinn.

Adjective

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soltinn (comparative soltnari, superlative soltnastur)

  1. hungry
    Synonyms: hungraður, svangur

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Participle

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soltinn

  1. dead
  2. hungry, starving
  3. past participle of svelta

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: soltinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svolten
  • Old Swedish: sulten
  • Danish: sulten

References

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  • soltinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press