dómari

dómari m (genitive singular dómara, plural dómarar)

1. (law) judge
2. (sports) referee, umpire

• IPA^(key): /ˈtouːma(ː)rɪ/

dómari m (genitive singular dómara, nominative plural dómarar)

1. (law) judge, justice
   • Judges 2:19

     En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.

     But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

2. (sports) referee, umpire

• knattspyrnudómari

• dómandi
• dœmandi

From dómr (“judgement”) +‎ -ari. Compare Old English dōmere.

dómari m

1. a judge, one who judges

• dómarasæti n (“judgement-seat”)

• Elfdalian: duomer
• Icelandic: dómari
• Faroese: dómari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: domar
• Old Swedish: dōmare
  • Swedish: domare c
  • → Finnish: tuomari
    • → Northern Sami: duopmár (or directly from Swedish)
• Danish: dommer c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dommer
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dommar
• → Old English: domere (possibly)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dómari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 89; also available at the Internet Archive