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sjöræður

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From sjö (seven) +‎ -ræður (denoting quantity, age).

Adjective

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sjöræður (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) seventy years old; seventy, septuagenarian
  2. (archaic, obsolete) seventy fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is seventy of a unit)

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See also

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References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “sjöræður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið