orðabókargreinum

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrðaˌpou̯ːkar̥ˌkrei̯ːnʏm/, [ˈɔ̝rð̠˕äˌpou̯ːkär̥ˌkrei̯ːnʉ̞m]

  Rhymes: -arkreiːnʏm, -eiːnʏm, -ʏm

Noun

orðabókargreinum f

1. indefinite dative plural of orðabókargrein

   Það var skoðun svínsins að sama hversu miklar upplýsingar maður gæti fundið í orðabókargreinum væru þær samt ekki gagnlegri en tilviljunarkenndar orðskýringar vegfaranda.

   It was the opinion of the pig that no matter how much information you could find in dictionary entries, they were still not more useful than the random definitions of a passerby.