bjúgstör

Icelandic

Bjúgstör

Etymology

From bjúgur (bowed, crooked) + stör (sedge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjuɣ.stœːr/

Noun

bjúgstör f (genitive singular bjúgstarar, nominative plural bjúgstarir)

  1. curved sedge (Carex maritima)
    • 1902, Einar Helgason, “Sandfokið í Sauðlauksdal [Sandstorm in Sauðlauksdalur]”, in Búnaðarrit, volume 16, number 1, page 90:
      Niður á láglendinu er língresið orðið útbreiddast, það breiðir sig þar yfir sandinn og bindur hann; þar vex einnig vingull, sveifgras, mýrastör, bjúgstör, fífa, kattartunga, mýrasóley, grávíðir, kornsúra.
      Down in the lowlands bentgrass has become widespread, it spreads itself over the sand and binds to it; there also grows fescue, meadow-grass, black sedge, curved sedge, cottongrass, sea plantain, bog-star, arctic willow, Alpine bistort.
    • 1938, “Frá óbyggðum [From the wilderness]”, in Andvari, volume 63, number 1, page 51:
      Kvað þar mest að sauðvingli, bjúgstör og öðrum þurrlendisjurtum.
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    • 1980 January 24, Ingólfur Davíðsson, “Blaðperlur og beysin epli”, in Tíminn, volume 64, number 19, page 9:
      Blómið til vinstri er lokasjóður (peningagras), bjúgstarir i miðju og fífa t.h.
      The flower to the left is the yellow rattle, curved sedges in the middle and cottongrass to the right.

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