hrútur

hrútur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrútr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥uːtʏr/

  Rhymes: -uːtʏr

Noun

hrútur m (genitive singular hrúts, nominative plural hrútar)

1. a ram (male sheep)
   • 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.”

2. (astrology) Aries, the Zodiac sign for the ram, covering March 21 - April 20.

Declension

declension of hrútur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrútur	hrúturinn	hrútar	hrútarnir
accusative	hrút	hrútinn	hrúta	hrútana
dative	hrúti / hrút	hrútnum	hrútum	hrútunum
genitive	hrúts	hrútsins	hrúta	hrútanna