gammelost

noun

gam·​mel·​ost

ˈgaməˌlȯst

variants or less commonly gammelost cheese

plural -s

: a Norwegian blue-mold cheese made from soured skim milk

Word History

Etymology

Norwegian, from gammel old (from Old Norse gamall) + ost cheese, from Old Norse ostr; akin to Old English gamol old and perhaps to Latin hiems winter

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