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svipur.

expression, facial expression

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsvɪːpʏr]

  1. expression, facial expression

    masculine
    þungur á svip
    Börnin mín eiga það til að horfa á mig, glottandi á svip, og gera einmitt það sem þau vita að þau mega ekki.

  2. appearance, look

    masculine
    Þegar Alþingi kemur saman á ný ber það annan svip en áður.

  3. slight resemblance, similarity or similitude

    masculine
    það er svipur með þeim

  4. spectre, apparition

    masculine
    ekki nema svipur hjá sjón

  5. moment

    masculine
    í svipinn
    í svip
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse svipr (“quick movement; expression; moment; loss”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk and Danish svip (“appearance”), Swedish svep (“moment”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *swipaz (with change of inflection) and cognate with English (dialectal) swip (“exact image”), and Middle High German swif (“quick movement”).

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