Question
How many words are there in Icelandic for the devil?
Asked By
Dagný Lára
Answer
It is difficult to say how many words there are for devil in Icelandic. Most of the known examples owe their existence to the fact that it was not considered proper to name the devil, so he was referred to by nicknames or by mutation of his name. In the Icelandic thesaurus the following words are listed under fjandi (devil):- andskoti
- ansakornið
- árakornið
- ári
- defill
- deli
- défsi
- déll
- déskoti
- dífill
- djangi
- djanki
- djöfsi
- sá fetótti
- fjandakornið
- fjári
- freistarinn
- Gamli í Niðurkoti
- grefill
- jónskoti
- kölski
- ólukki
- paufi
- paur
- pauri
- pokur
- rækall
- rækarl
- sá í neðra
- sá vondi
- skolli
- skrambi
- skratti
- skufsi
- tremill
- þremill
Under kölski (devil) one can find more names:
- sá eineygði
- flugnahöfðingi
- sá gamli
- sá gráskjótti
- sá hrosshæfði
- sá kolbíldótti
- kolbíldur
- ljótikallinn
- myrkrahöfðingi
- óvinur
- satan
- vomur
- bölvættur
- drýsildjöfull
- drýsill
- illdéfli
- ankoti
- ansi
- antoti
- asskolli
- asskoti
- assvíti.
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Published 5.3.2005
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Guðrún Kvaran. „How many words are there in Icelandic for the devil?“. The Icelandic Web of Science 5.3.2005. http://why.is/svar.php?id=4793. (Skoðað 5.10.2024).
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Guðrún Kvaranprofessor