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gæruskinn
gæruskinn
Icelandic
Noun
gæruskinn n (genitive singular gæruskinns, nominative plural gæruskinn)
- sheepskin
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- Krummi krunkar úti,
- kallar á nafna sinn:
- „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
- hrygg og gæruskinn.“
- Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
- krummi nafni minn.
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- calling his namesake:
- ‘I found the head of a ram,
- backbone and sheepskin.’
- Come now and peck with me,
- Krummi, my namesake.”
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson