Surt

American  

[surt, soort] / sɜrt, sʊərt /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.

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Etymology

Origin of Surt

< Old Norse Surtr, perhaps akin to svartr black, with regularly changed vowel ( swart )

Example Sentences

Surt, their 31-year-old commander, joined the army soon after Russia's full scale invasion.

From BBC

When I ask him whether he'd prefer to negotiate or to keep on fighting – Surt replies emphatically: "Keep fighting."

From BBC

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

He fled first to the city of Surt, then to a desert valley, his injured hand growing worse all the time.

From New York Times

For months, the two sides have been engaged in a tense standoff around Surt, in central Libya, where the country’s longtime dictator Col.

From New York Times