Eystrasalt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse it Eystra Salt (“the Eastern Salt”), equivalent to eystra (“in the east”) +‎ salt. Salt is here a poetic term referring to an ocean.

Noun

Eystrasalt n

the Baltic sea

Derived terms

Eystrasaltslöndin (“the Baltic states”)

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