wordoftheweek — Tag
Gluggaveður1 min read
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Gluggaveður
To the false promise of warm weather. From the window, everything looks very nice and …
Jól1 min read
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Jól
Jól means "Christmas" in Icelandic. And Merry Christmas is "Gleðileg jól".
Hljóð1 min read
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Hljóð
This is quite a peculiar word, since Hljóð means both "silence" and "noise". Imagine the …
Skúffaður1 min read
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Skúffaður
The word skúffa means "drawer", so one could suppose that skúffaður is a word that …
Bergmál1 min read
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Bergmál
This word is my favorite in Icelandic, because it makes me very metaphorical (that sometimes …
Velkomin/nn1 min read
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Velkomin/nn
In Icelandic, this adjective is said “velkomin” in a neutral plural or in the feminine …