saurblað

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From saur (filth, dirt) + blað (sheet), because at first the flyleaf's purpose was to protect the book from filth and dirt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saurblað n (genitive singular saurblaðs, nominative plural saurblöð)

  1. a flyleaf

Declension

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