höfrungur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Earliest attested in 16th century. No cognates in related languages, Faroese has already adopted dolfin. Asgeir Blöndal Magnusson estimates correlation with -hafur (Old English hæfer, Latin caper) comparing the leaps of the dolphin to those of the goat. Doubtful. Perhaps simply from haf ("sea") and ungur, that is, Hefring, a Norwegian mountain butting into the sea; and Hefring, daughter of Ægir the sea spirit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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höfrungur m (genitive singular höfrungs, nominative plural höfrungar)

  1. dolphin; specifically the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

Declension

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    Declension of höfrungur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative höfrungur höfrungurinn höfrungar höfrungarnir
accusative höfrung höfrunginn höfrunga höfrungana
dative höfrungi höfrungnum höfrungum höfrungunum
genitive höfrungs höfrungsins höfrunga höfrunganna

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