Meaning of nashyrningur | Babel Free

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1. rhinoceros
   masculine
2. Equivalent to 'Rhinoceros': Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their...

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“1967 (text composed in the late 18th century), Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana, vol. XXIX: Opuscula, page 152. https://books.google.nl/books?hl=nl&id=bCdKAAAAYAAJ&dq=Skúrni+er+dyrs+nafn+i+Eddu+enn+i+ligasogu+gamallri+enn+nashyrningur+edur+einhyrningur&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Skúrni+er+dyrs+nafn+i+Eddu+enn+i+ligasogu+gamallri+enn+nashyrningur+edur+einhyrningur Skúrni þad er dyrs nafn i Eddu þulum, enn i einhvỏrri ligasogu gamallri nefniz skurni stort dyr sem þar syniz ej annad kunna ad vera enn nashyrningur edur einhyrningur. Skúrni that is an animal’s name in the Edda rhymes, and in some old mendacious tale a large animal is called skurni which there seems like it can be nothing other than a rhinoceros or unicorn.”

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