sandur

Borrowed from Icelandic sandur (“sand”). Doublet of sand.

sandur (plural sandurs)

1. (geology) A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.

• sandar
• sandr

• Raunds, Sundar, nardus

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsantʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -antʊɹ
• Homophone: Sandur

sandur m (genitive singular sands, plural sandar)

1. sand

• "sandur" at Sprotin.fo

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsantʏr/

  Rhymes: -antʏr

sandur m (genitive singular sands, nominative plural sandar)

1. sand
   • 1861, Grímur Thomsen, Á Sprengisandi:

     Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn / rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell

     Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands, the sun is settling behind Arnarfell

• bölva í sand og ösku

• → English: sandur
• → German: Sander