hundur

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊntʊɹ/

hundur m (genitive singular hunds, plural hundar)

1. dog

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏntʏr/

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• Rhymes: -ʏntʏr

hundur m (genitive singular hunds, nominative plural hundar)

1. a dog

   Hundurinn dinglaði rófunni.

   The dog wagged its tail.

   Hundurinn lagði niður rófuna.

   The dog put his tail between his legs.

   Að siga hundi á einhvern.

   To sick a dog on somebody.

• (dog): (especially one that is not purebred) rakki, seppi

• kjölturakki (“a lap dog, a pet”)
• rakki
• rófa (“tail”)
• skott (“tail”)
• urra (“to growl”)
• ýlfur (“the howling of a dog or wolf”)

• hindirr
• hindir
• hindurr
• hindurrû
• hindurû

PIE word
*h₁én

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros.

hundur m

1. inside

• hundurê
• hinav