svæsinn
Icelandic
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsvæsinn (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
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Further reading
edit- “svæsinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)