svæsinn

Icelandic

Etymology

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Adjective

svæsinn (comparative svæsnari, superlative svæsnastur)

ferocious
coarse, blunt, obscene (describing a story or some other work)
a severe bout of an illness
svæsin matareitrun ― severe food poisoning

Declension

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Further reading

“svæsinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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