Villur

Villur is an Icelandic noun used to denote mistakes, errors, or defects. The term applies across domains, including language, education, and technology.

Etymology: Villur derives from villa, meaning fault or defect; the plural villur is formed regularly in Icelandic.

Usage: In school contexts, teachers annotate villur on essays; in editing, rithvillur denotes typographical errors. In programming and software, villur refer to bugs or faults in a program.

Examples: Að leiða villur í ritgerð getur vísað til alvarlegra eða flipa misritunar; rithvillur eru algengar. Pólitísk eða tæknileg texta getur einnig notað villur til að lýsa misstagum í útreikningum eða gögnum.

See also: rithvilla, galli, villa.