Word of the Week
It's like a glossary, but in disarray and unrelated
Gluggaveður06.01.2021 — 1 min read
Gluggaveður
To the false promise of warm weather. From the window, everything looks very nice and …
Flugeldur30.12.2020 — 1 min read
Flugeldur
"Fireworks" is flugeldur in Icelandic. In Iceland it is use to get your own arsenal …
Jól23.12.2020 — 1 min read
Jól
Jól means "Christmas" in Icelandic. And Merry Christmas is "Gleðileg jól".
Hljóð16.12.2020 — 1 min read
Hljóð
This is quite a peculiar word, since Hljóð means both "silence" and "noise". Imagine the …
Skúffaður02.11.2020 — 1 min read
Skúffaður
The word skúffa means "drawer", so one could suppose that skúffaður is a word that …
Bergmál14.10.2020 — 1 min read
Bergmál
This word is my favorite in Icelandic, because it makes me very metaphorical (that sometimes …
Velkomin/nn30.09.2020 — 1 min read
Velkomin/nn
In Icelandic, this adjective is said “velkomin” in a neutral plural or in the feminine …