engill dauðans

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally “angel of death”, from engill (“angel”) + dauði (“death”) (definite genitive dauðans).

Noun

engill dauðans m

1. [the] angel of death
   • Dr. Josef Mengele, sem gekk undir nafninu Engill dauðans, var læknir í illræmdum útrýmingarbúðum nasista.

     Dr. Josef Mengele, who was called the angel of death, was a doctor at the infamous concentration camps of the Nazis.