rómur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rómur m (genitive singular róms, nominative plural rómar)
- (usually uncountable) voice
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
- Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
- þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
- eða líka einhver var að hóa
- undarlega digrum karlaróm;
- útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
- eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
- Hush, hush, hush, hush,
- a vixen dashed in the hillock,
- wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
- Or - is it someone calling,
- strangely, with a harsh male voice?
- Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
- are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- vera gerður góður rómur að (to be well received)
- einum rómi (unanimously)