Meaning of hrjósa | Babel Free
ˈr̥jouːsaDefinitions
to cause to shudder [with dative ‘someone with a mind’ and við (+ dative) ‘at something’] (idiomatically translated as "shudder at the thought of" with the dative object as the subject, and limited to having the grammatical subject hugur (“mind”))
strong, verb
Examples
“Mér hrýs hugur við sóuninni sem stöðugt á sér stað í vestrænum þjóðfélögum.”
I shudder at the thought of the waste that continually happens in western societies.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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