engill dauðans

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally “angel of death”, from engill (“angel”) + dauði (“death”) (definite genitive dauðans).

Noun

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[the] angel of death
- Dr. Josef Mengele, sem gekk undir nafninu Engill dauðans, var læknir í illræmdum útrýmingarbúðum nasista.
  Dr. Josef Mengele, who was called the angel of death, was a doctor at the infamous concentration camps of the Nazis.

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