hungur

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuŋkʏr/

Noun

hungur n (genitive singular hungurs, no plural)

1. hunger, famine
   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Derived terms

• deyja úr hungri (to starve to death, to die of starvation)

Middle English

Noun

hungur

1. Alternative form of hunger