bjúga

Icelandic

Etymology

Identical to Old Norse bjúga (“to bend”), from Proto-Germanic *beuganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjuːa/

  Rhymes: -uːa

Noun

bjúga n (genitive singular bjúga, nominative plural bjúgu)

1. sausage (usually refers to a thick type of Icelandic sausage, made from lamb and/or horsemeat, sometimes mixed with pork)

Declension

Declension of bjúga (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjúga	bjúgað	bjúgu	bjúgun
accusative	bjúga	bjúgað	bjúgu	bjúgun
dative	bjúga	bjúganu	bjúgum	bjúgunum
genitive	bjúga	bjúgans	bjúgna	bjúgnanna

Synonyms

• pylsa (a more general term, also used for hot dogs)

Derived terms

• Bjúgnakrækir
• hrossabjúga
• kindabjúga
• sæbjúga