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Surt

[ surt, soort ]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Surt1

< Old Norse Surtr, perhaps akin to svartr black, with regularly changed vowel ( swart )
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Surt, their 31-year-old commander, joined the army soon after Russia's full scale invasion.

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When I ask him whether he'd prefer to negotiate or to keep on fighting – Surt replies emphatically: "Keep fighting."

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Surt is not dismissive of Trump's goal.

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With an enormous geyser of lava that would dwarf Kilauea’s eruptions, Io’s Surt volcano erupted with a power output of 80,000 gigawatts.

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He fled first to the city of Surt, then to a desert valley, his injured hand growing worse all the time.

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