villtur
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse villtr. Past participle of villa, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaną. Has mostly replaced earlier villur (< *wilþijaz), from which the verb is ultimately derived.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
villtur (comparative villtari, superlative villtastur)
- wild, unruly, savage
- lost
- Erum við villt?
- Are we lost?
- Hann er villtur.
- He has lost his way.
- barbaric, savage
- uncultivated, wild, that which grows wild
- untamed, wild
Synonyms[edit]
- (wild): hamslaus
- (lost): týndur
- (barbaric): ósiðmenntaður
- (untamed): ótaminn