sultur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏl̥tʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sultr (“hunger, famine”), from Proto-Germanic *swultiz (“hunger, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smoulder, burn”). Cognate with Danish sult (“hunger, starvation”), Old English swylt (“death”).

Noun

sultur m (genitive singular sultar or sults, no plural)

1. hunger, starvation

Declension

Declension of sultur (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sultur	sulturinn
accusative	sult	sultinn
dative	sulti	sultinum
genitive	sultar, sults	sultarins, sultsins

Derived terms

• sultur gerir sætan mat (“hunger makes the food taste sweet; hunger is the best sauce, hunger is a good sauce”)

Etymology 2

Noun

sultur

1. indefinite nominative plural of sulta
2. indefinite accusative plural of sulta