gramúlfur

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From gramur (fearsome beast, king, dog) +‎ úlfur (wolf).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gramúlfur m (genitive singular gramúlfs, nominative plural gramúlfar)

  1. dire wolf, Canis dirus; (an extinct carnivorous mammal, most common in North America and South America from the Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch)

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