Icelandic

Noun

lýsi n ‎(genitive singular lýsis, nominative plural lýsi)

1. 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)

Declension

Derived terms

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