Icelandic

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Etymology

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From gull (gold) and af (of) and manni (of a man) the dative of maður (a man).

Noun

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gull af manni n (genitive singular gulls af manni, nominative plural gull af manni)

  1. a fine character
    Hann er gull af manni.
    He is a fine character.

See also

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