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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Surt, their 31-year-old commander, joined the army soon after Russia's full scale invasion.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024
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
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
U.S. officials said dozens of militants had escaped from Surt to the desert camps.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2017
Is it the fire-giant Surt himself, striking his mighty silver harp, so that the strings tremble and sparkle in the glow of the flames of Muspellsheim?
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof
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