heimskur
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[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse heimskr (“foolish, silly; who has never been from home”), from heima (“home”).
[edit] Adjective
heimskur (feminine heimsk, neuter heimskt, comparative heimskari, superlative heimskastur)
- stupid, foolish, dumb
- Ógn er hann heimskur.
- Oh how very stupid he is.
- Að gera einhvern heimskan. (synonym: forheimska)
- To stultify someone.
- Ógn er hann heimskur.
[edit] Derived terms
- heimskt er heimaalið barn (travel broadens the mind; homish is the home-bred bairn)
[edit] Related terms
- heimska
- Heimski (a nickname; compare the cognomen Brutus, from brutus (“heavy, unwieldy; dull, stupid”))
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- heimskr from Cleasby/Vigfusson
- Icelandic Web of Science: Eruð þið heimskir? (“Are you dumb?”)
