grautur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grautr. Compare the Old English grút (malt mash) (English groats), Danish grød, Swedish gröt, Norwegian Bokmål grøt; German Grütze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrøyːtʏr/
  • Rhymes: -øyːtʏr

Noun

grautur m (genitive singular grautar, nominative plural grautar)

  1. porridge, thick soup, a food popular with Scandinavian peasants
  2. confusion, a muddle

Declension

Declension of grautur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grautur grauturinn grautar grautarnir
accusative graut grautinn grauta grautana
dative graut, grauti1 grautnum grautum grautunum
genitive grautar grautarins grauta grautanna

1Rare.

Derived terms

  • aldingrautur
  • áfagrautur
  • ávaxtagrautur
  • bankabyggsgrautur
  • baunagrautur
  • berjagrautur
  • blóðgrautur
  • bygggrautur
  • drullugrautur
  • eplagrautur
  • fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
  • fjallagrasagrautur
  • flauelsgrautur
  • grasagrautur
  • grauta
  • grautaraskur
  • grautarausa
  • grautarát (porridge eating)
  • grautarbakstur
  • grautardallur
  • Grautardalur
  • grautardiskur
  • grautarefni
  • grautarfat
  • grautarfata
  • Grautarflói
  • Grautarforfugil
  • grautargerð
  • grautargjörð
  • grautarhaus
  • grautarheili
  • grautarhljóð
  • grautarhrísla
  • grautarkökkur
  • grautarlega
  • grautarlegur
  • grautarleikur
  • grautarlím
  • grautarpottur
  • grautarskál
  • Grautarsker
  • grautarskóf
  • grautarsleif
  • grautarsleikja
  • grautarslembra
  • grautarsletta
  • grautarslóð
  • grautarspónn
  • grautarstella
  • grautarsuða
  • grautartrog
  • grautartrygill
  • grautarvers
  • grautarviðja
  • grautarvömb
  • grautarþvara (a ladle to stir the porridge in cooking)
  • grjónagrautur
  • hafragrautur
  • hrísgrjónagrautur
  • töðugjaldagrautur (a harvest porridge, a supper of porridge)