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Category Archives: Word of the Day
It Fell Over Me, The Landscape
Falling is a very easy thing to do in Iceland. Tumbling down mountainside scree, losing your footing during a river crossing, feet being lifted and washed away by the Ísafjörður shore. Skipping with toes across rocks in the Icelandic landscape … Continue reading
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blævængur (n) “handheld fan” This word comes from blær meaning “breeze” and vængur meaning “wing,” taking a simple fan and defining it as a “breeze wing.” Speaking of blær, I want to note that Iceland has a stunning array of … Continue reading
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pollagalli (n) “rain suit” The first thing this word brought to mind was English’s way of naming the pill bug: the roly poly. Often this word is also spelled “rolli polli” like “pollagalli.” Although this word has nothing to do … Continue reading
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Word of the Day and Lullabies Sung to the Waterfalls
rúmföt (n) “bed linens” A lovely combination defines this one: rúm meaning “bed,” and föt, meaning “clothes.” Aha! You bed linens are literally bed clothes, clothes for your bed! Speaking of beds and implying sleep, the verb for sleep is a … Continue reading
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Word of the Day
halastjarna (n) “comet” Here we have another compound, which is comprised of hala, coming from “hali” meaning “tail” and stjarna which looks like it sounds: “star.” That leaves us with the idea of a comet being a “tail star” of sorts, trailing … Continue reading
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smokkfiskur (n) “squid” Most of the words I’ve posted here have been compounds made of very poetic word combinations. Here to change this trend is the very humorous word for squid, which happens to be split into “smokk” and “fiskur.” “Fiskur” … Continue reading
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ljósvaki (n) “ether/æther” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept, the ether was a proposed concept in medieval science that was defined as the material that filled the universe above the terrestrial sphere. In the 17th an 18th centuries there were … Continue reading
Word of the Afternoon
sjóndeildarhringur (n) “horizon” I decided to take it upon myself to add a second word of the day because some Icelandic compounds simply cannot wait a whole day to be expressed. They are too beautiful. This is quite a long … Continue reading
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víndauður (adj) “passed out (from drinking)” The combination here is “vín” (wine/alcohol) and “dauður” (dead). Death by wine. There is a popular alcoholic drink in Iceland called Brennivín, which is a clear unsweetened schnapps. You’ll usually hear of Brennivín accompanying … Continue reading
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snjókerling (n) “snow woman” Yes, thats right, Icelandic has a word for both genders of a snow figure. The combination here is “snjó” (snow) and “kerling” (old woman). Snowman is “snjókarl,” with “karl” meaning man. I came across a few … Continue reading
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