elda grátt silfur
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From elda (“to cook”) and grátt the neuter accusative of grár (“grey”) and the accusative of silfur (“silver”), literally meaning to "cook grey silver".
Verb[edit]
elda grátt silfur (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði grátt silfur, supine eldað grátt silfur)
- (idiomatic) to be at loggerheads, to be at sixes and sevens