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geirfugl

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Faroese

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Noun

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geirfugl

  1. indefinite accusative singular of geirfuglur

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse geirfugl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geirfugl m (genitive singular geirfugls, nominative plural geirfuglar)

  1. great auk

Declension

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse geirfugl, from geirr (spear, referring to the beak) +‎ fugl (bird). Cognate with Faroese gorfuglur, geirfuglur, Swedish garfågel and English garefowl.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²jɛɪːrfʊɡl/, (from written form) /²ɡɛɪːr-/
  • Note: See pronunciations of -fugl on fugl.

Noun

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geirfugl m (definite singular geirfuglen, indefinite plural geirfuglar, definite plural geirfuglane)

  1. great auk
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From geirr (spear) +‎ fugl (bird).

Noun

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geirfugl m (genitive geirfugls, plural geirfuglar)

  1. great auk
  2. gyrfalcon

Declension

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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