Meaning of hórdómur | Babel Free
ˈhour.touːmʏrDefinitions
adultery, fornication
masculine, no-plural
Examples
“The Bible, Mark 7 (Icelandic, English)”
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within and defile the man.
“The Bible, Ezekiel 16 (Icelandic, English)”
But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and played the harlot because of thy renown, and poured out thy fornications on every one that passed by: his it was. And of thy garments thou didst take, and decked thy high places with divers colors and played the harlot thereupon. The like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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