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
But he also faced criticism for suggesting that the Libyan city of Surt only had to “clear the dead bodies away” to become “the next Dubai.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2017
There dwelt Surt Asbjorn's son, the son of Thorstein, the son of Kettle the foolish.
From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Dasent, George Webbe
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