maurastríð

Icelandic

Etymology

Composed of maur +‎ stríð, literally “ant war”, describing the tiny moving dots. Calque of Danish myrekrig. Compare Swedish myrornas krig, German Ameisenkrieg.

Noun

maurastríð n

  1. (informal) TV static, monitor snow
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