aumingi

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aumingi m (genitive singular aumingja, nominative plural aumingjar)

  1. wimp
    Hann er algjör aumingi, getur ekki einusinni lyft borði.
    He's a total loser, can't even lift a table.
  2. loser
    Þegiðu helvítis auminginn þinn!
    Shut up you fucking loser!
  3. poor thing (used to express pity)
    Synonyms: grey, vesalingur
    Æ, aumingja strákurinn.Oh, poor boy.

Declension

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    Declension of aumingi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aumingi auminginn aumingjar aumingjarnir
accusative aumingja aumingjann aumingja aumingjana
dative aumingja aumingjanum aumingjum aumingjunum
genitive aumingja aumingjans aumingja aumingjanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From aumr (poor, miserable, unhappy) +‎ -ingi.

Noun

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aumingi m (genitive aumingja)

  1. miserable person, wretch

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • aumingi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press