selur

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Cognate with English seal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːlʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːlʏr

Noun

selur m (genitive singular sels, nominative plural selir)

1. (an animal) a seal

Declension

Declension of selur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	selur	selurinn	selir	selirnir
accusative	sel	selinn	seli	selina
dative	sel	selnum	selum	selunum
genitive	sels	selsins	sela	selanna

Derived terms

• að verða ekki um sel
• blöðruselur (“hooded seal, bladdernose”)
• eyjaselur (“grey seal”)
• granselur (“bearded seal, squareflipper seal”)
• grænselur (“grey seal”)
• haustselur (“grey seal”)
• kampselur (“bearded seal, squareflipper seal”)
• landselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
• láturselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
• skötuselur (“Alaska blackfish, angler, anglerfish, blackfish, bullmouth, devilfish, devilray, frogfish, goosefish, grassfish, horned ray, monk, monkfish”)
• útselur (“grey seal”)
• útskerjaselur (“grey seal”)
• verða ekki um sel
• vetrarselur (“grey seal”)
• vigraselur (“grey seal”)
• vorselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
• vöðuselur (“Greenland seal, harp seal, sortside”)
• vöðuselur (“grey seal”)

See also

• kópur, selkópur (“a seal pup”)