skammaryrði

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare skömm (“shame”) and its plural form skammir (“a scolding”) + -yrði (“a word”), from orð (“a word”).

Noun

skammaryrði n (genitive singular skammaryrðis, nominative plural skammaryrði)

  1. an abuse, an insult, an invective

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