sprok

Icelandic

Noun

sprok n (genitive singular sproks, plural sprok)

1. (archaic, dated) a language, a tongue ^syn.

   Útlent sprok.

   A foreign tongue.

2. (obsolete) locution, parlance ^syn.

   Út með sprokið!

   Out with it!

Derived terms

• út með sprokið! (synonymous segðu frá!, leystu frá skjóðunni!; do tell! out with it!)

Synonyms

• (language): ^def. tungumál, mál, tunga
• (locution): ^def. talsháttur, talsmáti, orðatiltæki