grautur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grautr. Compare the Old English grút (“malt mash”) (English groats), Danish grød, Swedish gröt, Norwegian Bokmål grøt; German Grütze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrøyːtʏr/
• Rhymes: -øyːtʏr

Noun

grautur m (genitive singular grautar, nominative plural grautar)

1. porridge, thick soup, a food popular with Scandinavian peasants
2. confusion, a muddle

Declension

Declension of grautur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grautur	grauturinn	grautar	grautarnir
accusative	graut	grautinn	grauta	grautana
dative	graut, grauti1	grautnum	grautum	grautunum
genitive	grautar	grautarins	grauta	grautanna

¹Rare.

Derived terms

• aldingrautur
• áfagrautur
• ávaxtagrautur
• bankabyggsgrautur
• baunagrautur
• berjagrautur
• blóðgrautur
• bygggrautur
• drullugrautur
• eplagrautur
• fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
• fjallagrasagrautur
• flauelsgrautur
• grasagrautur
• grauta
• grautaraskur
• grautarausa
• grautarát (“porridge eating”)
• grautarbakstur
• grautardallur
• Grautardalur
• grautardiskur
• grautarefni
• grautarfat
• grautarfata
• Grautarflói
• Grautarforfugil
• grautargerð
• grautargjörð
• grautarhaus
• grautarheili
• grautarhljóð
• grautarhrísla
• grautarkökkur
• grautarlega
• grautarlegur
• grautarleikur
• grautarlím
• grautarpottur
• grautarskál
• Grautarsker
• grautarskóf
• grautarsleif
• grautarsleikja
• grautarslembra
• grautarsletta
• grautarslóð
• grautarspónn
• grautarstella
• grautarsuða
• grautartrog
• grautartrygill
• grautarvers
• grautarviðja
• grautarvömb
• grautarþvara (“a ladle to stir the porridge in cooking”)
• grjónagrautur
• hafragrautur
• hrísgrjónagrautur
• töðugjaldagrautur (“a harvest porridge, a supper of porridge”)