að verða ekki um sel

Icelandic

Etymology

Selur is a seal (the marine animal). Many people felt uneasy about seals and their often human-like behaviour, they therefore formed a part of various superstitions.

Phrase

að verða ekki um sel

  1. to not like the look of things

References

Guðrún Kvaran. „Hvernig verður manni ekki um sel?“ Vísindavefurinn, 8 December 2005.

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