villtur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse villtr. Past participle of villa, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaną. Has mostly replaced earlier villur (< *wilþijaz), from which the verb is ultimately derived.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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villtur (comparative villtari, superlative villtastur)

  1. wild, unruly, savage
  2. lost
    Erum við villt?
    Are we lost?
    Hann er villtur.
    He has lost his way.
  3. barbaric, savage
  4. uncultivated, wild, that which grows wild
  5. untamed, wild

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