Glossary entry

Icelandic term or phrase:

eyri

English translation:

spit of gravel-covered land

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Oct 22, 2003 10:57
20 yrs ago
Icelandic term

EYRI

Non-PRO Icelandic to English Other
Pls compare and contrast with MELUR - both seem to be gravel-covered areas.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 Spit

Proposed translations

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Spit

A point of land (sand/gravel) running into a body of water.
Melur is, however, inland.
Peer comment(s):

agree JoGunn : melur=a gravel plain, eyri=a spit (of land)
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