sandur

Borrowed from Icelandic sandur (“sand”). Doublet of sand.

sandur (plural sandurs)

1. (geology) A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.

• Sundar, nardus

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

• Rhymes: -antʊɹ

sandur m (genitive singular sands, plural sandar)

1. sand

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsantʏr/

  Rhymes: -antʏr

sandur m (genitive singular sands, nominative plural sandar)

1. sand
   • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen

     Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,

     rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,

     hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,

     úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;

     Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,

     drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.

     Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,

     the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.

     Here many spirits of the dark

     threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.

     The Lord leads my horse,

     it is still a long, long way home.

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