lýsi

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• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːsɪ

lýsi n (genitive singular lýsis, no plural)

1. animal fat oil

• This term refers to oil derived from various types of animal fat: fish liver (from shark, cod, pollock, etc.), and in earlier times also whale, seal or walrus blubber, historically used for lighting (with oil lamps), but now primarily used as a food supplement (for its content of vitamins A, D and E and omega-3 fatty acids).

• fisklýsi (“fish oil, fish body oil”)
• hákarlalýsi (“shark oil”)
• lifrarlýsi (“fish-liver oil”)
• þorskalýsi (“cod-liver oil”)