Surt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Surt
< Old Norse Surtr, perhaps akin to svartr black, with regularly changed vowel ( see swart)
Example Sentences
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When I ask him whether he'd prefer to negotiate or to keep on fighting – Surt replies emphatically: "Keep fighting."
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
Surt, their 31-year-old commander, joined the army soon after Russia's full scale invasion.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
With an enormous geyser of lava that would dwarf Kilauea’s eruptions, Io’s Surt volcano erupted with a power output of 80,000 gigawatts.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2023
Mr. Obama revoked the Surt declaration hours before Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2017
Surt is the name of him who stands on its border guarding it.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
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