meydómur

Icelandic

Etymology

Composed of mey (“virgin”) +‎ -dómur (“-ity”), calque of Danish mødom (“virginity”).

Noun

meydómur m

a woman's virginity
að missa meydóminn ― to lose one's virginity

Related terms

sveindómur (“a man's virginity”)
afmeyja (“deflower”)

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