fara á puttanum

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leika við hvern sinn fingur

[leika]] við hvern sinn fingur. Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.">leika við hvern sinn fingur


vefja um fingur sér

Hann vefur henni um fingur sér.

twist around one's little finger
twist around one's little finger

to twist around one's little finger [with dative]


vefja

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vefja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vafði, supine vafið)

vafði (indicative past singular third-person)
vafið (supine)
vafinn (masculine nominative singular)
vafin (feminine nominative singular)
vafið (neuter nominative singular)
vafðir (masculine nominative plural)
vafðar (feminine nominative plural)
vafin (neuter nominative plural)
vafinn (accusative masculine singular)
vafða (accusative feminine singular)
vafið (accusative neuter singular)
vafða (accusative masculine plural)
vafðar (accusative feminine plural)
vafin (accusative neuter plural)
vöfðum (dative masculine singular)
vafinni (dative feminine singular)
vöfðu (dative neuter singular)
vöfðum (dative masculine plural)
vöfðum (dative feminine plural)
vöfðum (dative neuter plural)
vafins (genitive masculine singular)
vafinnar (feminine genitive singular)
vafins (genitive neuter singular)
vafinna (genitive masculine plural)
vafinna (feminine genitive plural)
vafinna (genitive neuter plural)
vafði (masculine nominative singular)
vafða (feminine nominative singular)
vafða (neuter nominative singular)
vöfðu (masculine nominative plural)
vöfðu (feminine nominative plural)
vöfðu (neuter nominative plural)
vafða (accusative masculine singular)
vöfðu (accusative feminine singular)
vafða (accusative neuter singular)
vöfðu (accusative masculine plural)
vöfðu (accusative feminine plural)
vöfðu (accusative neuter plural)
vafða (dative masculine singular)
vöfðu (dative feminine singular)
vafða (dative neuter singular)
vöfðu (dative masculine plural)
vöfðu (dative feminine plural)
vöfðu (dative neuter plural)
vafða (genitive masculine singular)
vöfðu (feminine genitive singular)
vafða (genitive neuter singular)
vöfðu (genitive masculine plural)
vöfðu (feminine genitive plural)
vöfðu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse vefja, from Proto-Germanic *wabjaną.

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dat/acc<something> + :um(acc)<around something>

accusative ‘something’ along with um (+ accusative) ‘around something’

to wrap [with dative or accusative ‘something’, along with um (+ accusative) ‘around something’]


sjá í gegnum fingur við

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sjá í gegnum fingur við (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sá í gegnum fingur við, third-person plural past indicative sáu í gegnum fingur við, supine séð í gegnum fingur við)

sá í gegnum fingur við (indicative past singular third-person)
sáu í gegnum fingur við (indicative past plural third-person)
séð í gegnum fingur við (supine)

Literally, “to see through fingers with”.

lit

Að sjá í gegnum fingur við sig sjálfan.

(idiomatic) to turn a blind eye to [with accusative ‘something’]


greipa

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greipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative greipaði, supine greipað)

greipaði (indicative past singular third-person)
greipað (supine)
greipaður (masculine nominative singular)
greipuð (feminine nominative singular)
greipað (neuter nominative singular)
greipaðir (masculine nominative plural)
greipaðar (feminine nominative plural)
greipuð (neuter nominative plural)
greipaðan (accusative masculine singular)
greipaða (accusative feminine singular)
greipað (accusative neuter singular)
greipaða (accusative masculine plural)
greipaðar (accusative feminine plural)
greipuð (accusative neuter plural)
greipuðum (dative masculine singular)
greipaðri (dative feminine singular)
greipuðu (dative neuter singular)
greipuðum (dative masculine plural)
greipuðum (dative feminine plural)
greipuðum (dative neuter plural)
greipaðs (genitive masculine singular)
greipaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
greipaðs (genitive neuter singular)
greipaðra (genitive masculine plural)
greipaðra (feminine genitive plural)
greipaðra (genitive neuter plural)
greipaði (masculine nominative singular)
greipaða (feminine nominative singular)
greipaða (neuter nominative singular)
greipuðu (masculine nominative plural)
greipuðu (feminine nominative plural)
greipuðu (neuter nominative plural)
greipaða (accusative masculine singular)
greipuðu (accusative feminine singular)
greipaða (accusative neuter singular)
greipuðu (accusative masculine plural)
greipuðu (accusative feminine plural)
greipuðu (accusative neuter plural)
greipaða (dative masculine singular)
greipuðu (dative feminine singular)
greipaða (dative neuter singular)
greipuðu (dative masculine plural)
greipuðu (dative feminine plural)
greipuðu (dative neuter plural)
greipaða (genitive masculine singular)
greipuðu (feminine genitive singular)
greipaða (genitive neuter singular)
greipuðu (genitive masculine plural)
greipuðu (feminine genitive plural)
greipuðu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse greipa. Akin to Old English grāpian (> English grope), Old High German greifōn.


leggja land undir fót

leggja land undir fót (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagði undir fót, supine lagt undir fót)

lagði undir fót (indicative past singular third-person)
lagt undir fót (supine)

From Old Norse leggja land undir fót (“to take a long stride; a phrases denoting the delight of getting on shore”).


ljá

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ljá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative léði, supine léð)

léði (indicative past singular third-person)
léð (supine)

Inherited from Old Norse ljá, léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.

Hann ljær henni bókina.


sýnast

sýnast (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sýndist, supine sýnst)

sýndist (indicative past singular third-person)
sýnst (supine)

ekki er allt sem sýnist

things aren't always what they seem to be, appearances can deceive, appearances can be deceiving; confer ekki allur þar sem hann er séður

Ég geri það sem mér sýnist.

Mér sýnist þetta ganga vel.


fjandskapast við

Stjórnmálamenn hafa fjandskapast við fyrirtæki.

Politicians have been hostile towards companies.

be hostile towards someone [with accusative]


botna

botna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative botnaði, supine botnað)

botnaði (indicative past singular third-person)
botnað (supine)
botnaður (masculine nominative singular)
botnuð (feminine nominative singular)
botnað (neuter nominative singular)
botnaðir (masculine nominative plural)
botnaðar (feminine nominative plural)
botnuð (neuter nominative plural)
botnaðan (accusative masculine singular)
botnaða (accusative feminine singular)
botnað (accusative neuter singular)
botnaða (accusative masculine plural)
botnaðar (accusative feminine plural)
botnuð (accusative neuter plural)
botnuðum (dative masculine singular)
botnaðri (dative feminine singular)
botnuðu (dative neuter singular)
botnuðum (dative masculine plural)
botnuðum (dative feminine plural)
botnuðum (dative neuter plural)
botnaðs (genitive masculine singular)
botnaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
botnaðs (genitive neuter singular)
botnaðra (genitive masculine plural)
botnaðra (feminine genitive plural)
botnaðra (genitive neuter plural)
botnaði (masculine nominative singular)
botnaða (feminine nominative singular)
botnaða (neuter nominative singular)
botnuðu (masculine nominative plural)
botnuðu (feminine nominative plural)
botnuðu (neuter nominative plural)
botnaða (accusative masculine singular)
botnuðu (accusative feminine singular)
botnaða (accusative neuter singular)
botnuðu (accusative masculine plural)
botnuðu (accusative feminine plural)
botnuðu (accusative neuter plural)
botnaða (dative masculine singular)
botnuðu (dative feminine singular)
botnaða (dative neuter singular)
botnuðu (dative masculine plural)
botnuðu (dative feminine plural)
botnuðu (dative neuter plural)
botnaða (genitive masculine singular)
botnuðu (feminine genitive singular)
botnaða (genitive neuter singular)
botnuðu (genitive masculine plural)
botnuðu (feminine genitive plural)
botnuðu (genitive neuter plural)

From botn (“bottom; latter half of a verse”).

to complete (a verse, phrase, etc.) [with accusative]


fúlsa

fúlsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fúlsaði, supine fúlsað)

fúlsaði (indicative past singular third-person)
fúlsað (supine)


fúlsa við

fúlsa við (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fúlsaði við, supine fúlsað við)

fúlsaði við (indicative past singular third-person)
fúlsað við (supine)

Krakkar fúlsa oft við skötu.

to turn up one's nose at something [with dative]


kaupa köttinn í sekknum

kaupa köttinn í sekknum (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative keypti köttinn í sekknum, supine keypt köttinn í sekknum)

keypti köttinn í sekknum (indicative past singular third-person)
keypt köttinn í sekknum (supine)

Literally, “to buy the cat in the sack”.

be sold a pig in a poke
be sold a pig in a poke

(transitive, idiomatic) to be sold a pig in a poke


banni

first-person singular active present subjunctive of banna

third-person singular active present subjunctive of banna

third-person plural active present subjunctive of banna


gægjast

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ná hámarki

[ná]] hámarki. Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.">ná hámarki


vera á bandi

Er hún á okkar bandi?


vinna á sitt band

Getum við unnið hana á okkar band?

Ertu að reyna að vinna mig á þitt band?

Hann er að reynda að vinna okkur á sitt band.

to win someone over, to get someone over to one's side [with accusative]


blés

first/third-person singular past indicative active of blása


spá í

Ertu að spá í í nýja strákinn?

to check out, to show an interest in someone, to be thinking of having a go with someone [with accusative]

Ég er að spá í það að fara í bíó.


draga á tálar

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draga á tálar (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dró á tálar, third-person plural past indicative drógu á tálar, supine dregið á tálar)

dró á tálar (indicative past singular third-person)
drógu á tálar (indicative past plural third-person)
dregið á tálar (supine)

to seduce, to lead astray [with accusative]


táldraga

táldraga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative táldró, third-person plural past indicative táldrógu, supine táldregið)

táldró (indicative past singular third-person)
táldrógu (indicative past plural third-person)
táldregið (supine)

From tál (“deception, seduction”) + draga (“to draw, to pull”), from draga á tálar (“to seduce”).


baula

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baula (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative baulaði, supine baulað)

baulaði (indicative past singular third-person)
baulað (supine)


fyrirfinnast

fyrirfinnast (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fyrirfannst, third-person plural past indicative fyrirfundust, supine fyrirfundist)

fyrirfannst (indicative past singular third-person)
fyrirfundust (indicative past plural third-person)
fyrirfundist (supine)

Glæpamaðurinn fyrirfannst hvergi.


falla eins og flís við rass

falla eins og flís við rass (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative féll eins og flís við rass, third-person plural past indicative féllu eins og flís við rass, supine fallið eins og flís við rass)

féll eins og flís við rass (indicative past singular third-person)
féllu eins og flís við rass (indicative past plural third-person)
fallið eins og flís við rass (supine)

Literally, “to fit as tightly as a chip (metaphorically a thin, close cut) against the ass”. This idiom is relatively recent in the Icelandic language with the oldest example in the Orðabók Háskólans's (“the University Dictionary”) ritmálssafn (“corpus of written language”) dating from the early 19th century from Guðmundur Jónsson's málsháttaasafn (“corpus of idioms”).

lit

Þetta fellur eins og flís við rass.

(idiomatic, simile, intransitive) to fit like a glove, to fit perfectly


standa eins og stafur á bók

(simile) to be exactly as promised, to be able to be depended on


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koma til dyranna eins og maður er klæddur

Literally, “to answer the door as one is dressed”.


fara eins og eldur í sinu

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fara eins og eldur í sinu (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fór eins og eldur í sinu, third-person plural past indicative fóru eins og eldur í sinu, supine farið eins og eldur í sinu)

fór eins og eldur í sinu (indicative past singular third-person)
fóru eins og eldur í sinu (indicative past plural third-person)
farið eins og eldur í sinu (supine)
breiðast út eins og eldur í sinu (alternative)

spread like wildfire
spread like wildfire

(simile, intransitive) to spread like wildfire


breiðast út eins og eldur í sinu

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fara eins og eldur í sinu
fara eins og eldur í sinu#Icelandic

(simile) Alternative form of fara eins og eldur í sinu


breiða

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breiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative breiddi, supine breitt)

breiddi (indicative past singular third-person)
breitt (supine)
breiddur (masculine nominative singular)
breidd (feminine nominative singular)
breitt (neuter nominative singular)
breiddir (masculine nominative plural)
breiddar (feminine nominative plural)
breidd (neuter nominative plural)
breiddan (accusative masculine singular)
breidda (accusative feminine singular)
breitt (accusative neuter singular)
breidda (accusative masculine plural)
breiddar (accusative feminine plural)
breidd (accusative neuter plural)
breiddum (dative masculine singular)
breiddri (dative feminine singular)
breiddu (dative neuter singular)
breiddum (dative masculine plural)
breiddum (dative feminine plural)
breiddum (dative neuter plural)
breidds (genitive masculine singular)
breiddrar (feminine genitive singular)
breidds (genitive neuter singular)
breiddra (genitive masculine plural)
breiddra (feminine genitive plural)
breiddra (genitive neuter plural)
breiddi (masculine nominative singular)
breidda (feminine nominative singular)
breidda (neuter nominative singular)
breiddu (masculine nominative plural)
breiddu (feminine nominative plural)
breiddu (neuter nominative plural)
breidda (accusative masculine singular)
breiddu (accusative feminine singular)
breidda (accusative neuter singular)
breiddu (accusative masculine plural)
breiddu (accusative feminine plural)
breiddu (accusative neuter plural)
breidda (dative masculine singular)
breiddu (dative feminine singular)
breidda (dative neuter singular)
breiddu (dative masculine plural)
breiddu (dative feminine plural)
breiddu (dative neuter plural)
breidda (genitive masculine singular)
breiddu (feminine genitive singular)
breidda (genitive neuter singular)
breiddu (genitive masculine plural)
breiddu (feminine genitive plural)
breiddu (genitive neuter plural)


fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut

Þeir fóru í kringum málið eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut.

When talking about the issue, they beat around the bush.

beat around the bush
beat around the bush

(simile) to beat around the bush [with accusative]


fara í kringum

fara í kringum (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fór í kringum, third-person plural past indicative fóru í kringum, supine farið í kringum)

fór í kringum (indicative past singular third-person)
fóru í kringum (indicative past plural third-person)
farið í kringum (supine)

Hún fór í kringum hann.


fara eins og logi yfir akur

fara eins og logi yfir akur (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fór eins og logi yfir akur, third-person plural past indicative fóru eins og logi yfir akur, supine farið eins og logi yfir akur)

fór eins og logi yfir akur (indicative past singular third-person)
fóru eins og logi yfir akur (indicative past plural third-person)
farið eins og logi yfir akur (supine)


seljast eins og heitar lummur

Bókin hennar seldist eins og heitar lummur eftir að auglýsing birtist í blaðinu.

Her book sold like hot cakes after the ad appeared in the newspaper.


stara eins og naut á nývirki

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[stara]] eins og naut á nývirki. Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.">stara eins og naut á nývirki

Literally, “to stare like a bull on a new construction”.

lit

(simile) to stare dumbfounded at something


gera ráð fyrir

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gera ráð fyrir (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gerði ráð fyrir, supine gert ráð fyrir)

gerði ráð fyrir (indicative past singular third-person)
gert ráð fyrir (supine)

Þú ert Livingstone, geri ég ráð fyrir?

to assume, to suppose [with dative ‘something’]


ganga eins og í sögu

ganga eins og í sögu (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk eins og í sögu, third-person plural past indicative gengum eins og í sögu, supine gengið eins og í sögu)

gekk eins og í sögu (indicative past singular third-person)
gengum eins og í sögu (indicative past plural third-person)
gengið eins og í sögu (supine)

Þetta gengur eins og í sögu.

(simile, intransitive) to work like clockwork, to go like a dream, to be a success


varðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns

verðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns (canonical)

apple of someone's eye
apple of someone's eye

(simile) to keep something as the apple of someone's eye


verðveita

verðveita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varðveitti, supine varðveitt)

varðveitti (indicative past singular third-person)
varðveitt (supine)

to keep safe, to preserve [with accusative]


þegja

þegja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þagði, supine þagað)

þagði (indicative past singular third-person)
þagað (supine)

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną. Cognate with Danish tie, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old High German dagēn, Latin taceō.

to be silent, say nothing, hold one’s tongue [intransitive or with accusative]

vera þagað í hel

to be a conspiracy of silence about something


hlaupa eins og fætur toga

Literally, “to run as the legs [can] pull”.

lit

Ég öskraði á þjófinn og hann hljóp eins og fætur toguðu.

I yelled at the thief and he ran as fast as he could.


láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta

láta sem vind um eyru þjóta (alternative)

Þau voru öllu þreytt á ræðunum hans, og létu þær eins og vind um eyru þjóta.

They were all tired of his speeches, so they ignored them.

(simile) to take no notice, to be deaf to, to treat as a matter of complete indifference to oneself, to ignore [with accusative ‘something’]


láta sem vind um eyru þjóta

láta eins og vind um eyru þjóta (alternative)

(simile) to take no notice, to turn a deaf ear, to be deaf to something, to treat something as a matter of complete indifference to oneself, to ignore something [with accusative]


daufheyrast við

to turn a deaf ear to something [with dative]


daufheyrast

daufheyrðist (indicative past singular third-person)
daufheyrst (supine)


skella skolleyrum við

Ráðherrann hefur skellt skolleyrum við öllum varnaðarorðum.

The minister has turned a deaf ear to all words of warning.

to pretend not to hear something; to turn a deaf ear to something [with dative]


skella

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skella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skall, third-person plural past indicative skullu, supine skollið)

skall (indicative past singular third-person)
skullu (indicative past plural third-person)
skollið (supine)
skollinn (masculine nominative singular)
skollin (feminine nominative singular)
skollið (neuter nominative singular)
skollnir (masculine nominative plural)
skollnar (feminine nominative plural)
skollin (neuter nominative plural)
skollinn (accusative masculine singular)
skollna (accusative feminine singular)
skollið (accusative neuter singular)
skollna (accusative masculine plural)
skollnar (accusative feminine plural)
skollin (accusative neuter plural)
skollnum (dative masculine singular)
skollinni (dative feminine singular)
skollnu (dative neuter singular)
skollnum (dative masculine plural)
skollnum (dative feminine plural)
skollnum (dative neuter plural)
skollins (genitive masculine singular)
skollinnar (feminine genitive singular)
skollins (genitive neuter singular)
skollinna (genitive masculine plural)
skollinna (feminine genitive plural)
skollinna (genitive neuter plural)
skollni (masculine nominative singular)
skollna (feminine nominative singular)
skollna (neuter nominative singular)
skollnu (masculine nominative plural)
skollnu (feminine nominative plural)
skollnu (neuter nominative plural)
skollna (accusative masculine singular)
skollnu (accusative feminine singular)
skollna (accusative neuter singular)
skollnu (accusative masculine plural)
skollnu (accusative feminine plural)
skollnu (accusative neuter plural)
skollna (dative masculine singular)
skollnu (dative feminine singular)
skollna (dative neuter singular)
skollnu (dative masculine plural)
skollnu (dative feminine plural)
skollnu (dative neuter plural)
skollna (genitive masculine singular)
skollnu (feminine genitive singular)
skollna (genitive neuter singular)
skollnu (genitive masculine plural)
skollnu (feminine genitive plural)
skollnu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse skjalla (“clash, clatter”).

Hausinn skall í gólfið.


skella

skella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skellti, supine skellt)

skellti (indicative past singular third-person)
skellt (supine)

From Old Norse skella, causative of the strong verb skella (whence Icelandic skella (2)).

Ekki skella hurðinni!

Hann skellti bókinni á borðið.


prumpa

prumpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative prumpaði, supine prumpað)

prumpaði (indicative past singular third-person)
prumpað (supine)


bugi

first-person singular active present subjunctive of buga

third-person singular active present subjunctive of buga

third-person plural active present subjunctive of buga


þjóta

þjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative þaut, third-person plural past indicative þutu, supine þotið)

þaut (indicative past singular third-person)
þutu (indicative past plural third-person)
þotið (supine)
þotinn (masculine nominative singular)
þotin (feminine nominative singular)
þotið (neuter nominative singular)
þotnir (masculine nominative plural)
þotnar (feminine nominative plural)
þotin (neuter nominative plural)
þotinn (accusative masculine singular)
þotna (accusative feminine singular)
þotið (accusative neuter singular)
þotna (accusative masculine plural)
þotnar (accusative feminine plural)
þotin (accusative neuter plural)
þotnum (dative masculine singular)
þotinni (dative feminine singular)
þotnu (dative neuter singular)
þotnum (dative masculine plural)
þotnum (dative feminine plural)
þotnum (dative neuter plural)
þotins (genitive masculine singular)
þotinnar (feminine genitive singular)
þotins (genitive neuter singular)
þotinna (genitive masculine plural)
þotinna (feminine genitive plural)
þotinna (genitive neuter plural)
þotni (masculine nominative singular)
þotna (feminine nominative singular)
þotna (neuter nominative singular)
þotnu (masculine nominative plural)
þotnu (feminine nominative plural)
þotnu (neuter nominative plural)
þotna (accusative masculine singular)
þotnu (accusative feminine singular)
þotna (accusative neuter singular)
þotnu (accusative masculine plural)
þotnu (accusative feminine plural)
þotnu (accusative neuter plural)
þotna (dative masculine singular)
þotnu (dative feminine singular)
þotna (dative neuter singular)
þotnu (dative masculine plural)
þotnu (dative feminine plural)
þotnu (dative neuter plural)
þotna (genitive masculine singular)
þotnu (feminine genitive singular)
þotna (genitive neuter singular)
þotnu (genitive masculine plural)
þotnu (feminine genitive plural)
þotnu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse þjóta, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną.

þjóta úr einu í annað

to rush from one thing to another, to change subjects fast

are perhaps secretly driving sheep.

Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa, þurran vill hún blóði væta góm, eða líka einhver var að hóa undarlega digrum karlaróm; útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun eru kannske að smala fé á laun. Hush, hush, hush, hush, a vixen dashed in the hillock, wanting to quench her thirst with blood, then, there was also someone calling, with a strangely deep man's voice; Outlaws, to the Ódáðahraun (a vast, desolate lava field in the Icelandic highlands)

Vindurinn þýtur og þrumurnar dynja.

The wind whistles and the thunders roar.

(intransitive, of the wind) to whistle, sing


sætta

sætta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sætti, supine sætt)

sætti (indicative past singular third-person)
sætt (supine)
sættur (masculine nominative singular)
sætt (feminine nominative singular)
sætt (neuter nominative singular)
sættir (masculine nominative plural)
sættar (feminine nominative plural)
sætt (neuter nominative plural)
sættan (accusative masculine singular)
sætta (accusative feminine singular)
sætt (accusative neuter singular)
sætta (accusative masculine plural)
sættar (accusative feminine plural)
sætt (accusative neuter plural)
sættum (dative masculine singular)
sættri (dative feminine singular)
sættu (dative neuter singular)
sættum (dative masculine plural)
sættum (dative feminine plural)
sættum (dative neuter plural)
sætts (genitive masculine singular)
sættrar (feminine genitive singular)
sætts (genitive neuter singular)
sættra (genitive masculine plural)
sættra (feminine genitive plural)
sættra (genitive neuter plural)
sætti (masculine nominative singular)
sætta (feminine nominative singular)
sætta (neuter nominative singular)
sættu (masculine nominative plural)
sættu (feminine nominative plural)
sættu (neuter nominative plural)
sætta (accusative masculine singular)
sættu (accusative feminine singular)
sætta (accusative neuter singular)
sættu (accusative masculine plural)
sættu (accusative feminine plural)
sættu (accusative neuter plural)
sætta (dative masculine singular)
sættu (dative feminine singular)
sætta (dative neuter singular)
sættu (dative masculine plural)
sættu (dative feminine plural)
sættu (dative neuter plural)
sætta (genitive masculine singular)
sættu (feminine genitive singular)
sætta (genitive neuter singular)
sættu (genitive masculine plural)
sættu (feminine genitive plural)
sættu (genitive neuter plural)

to reconcile [with accusative ‘something’]


sættast

(reflexive) to make up, to be reconciled, to make friends again

sættast á

to reach an agreement on something, to agree on something, to reach a settlement on something


aftra

aftra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative aftraði, supine aftrað)

aftraði (indicative past singular third-person)
aftrað (supine)

to prevent, to hinder, to stop [with dative]


ásetja

ásetja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ásetji, supine ásett)

ásetji (indicative past singular third-person)
ásett (supine)


ásetja sér

Abraham Lincoln; see Wikiquote
Flestir eru eins ánægðir og þeir ásetja sér að vera.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.


skemmta sér konunglega

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Við skemmtum okkur konunglega í afmælisveislunni þinni!

We had a whale of a time at your birthday party!

have a whale of a time
have a whale of a time

(idiomatic) to have a whale of a time, to enjoy oneself enormously


eiga sér langan aðdraganda

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eiga sér langan aðdraganda (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative á sér langan aðdraganda, third-person singular past indicative átti sér langan aðdraganda, supine átt sér langan aðdraganda)

á sér langan aðdraganda (indicative present singular third-person)
átti sér langan aðdraganda (indicative past singular third-person)
átt sér langan aðdraganda (supine)

Literally, “to have to itself a long antecedent”.

lit

Fall Rómar á sér langan aðdraganda.

There is a long story behind the downfall of Rome.


áskilja

head

áskilja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative áskildi, supine áskilið)

áskildi (indicative past singular third-person)
áskilið (supine)


velli

first-person singular present subjunctive of vella

third-person singular present subjunctive of vella

third-person plural present subjunctive of vella


velli

first-person singular present indicative of vella


alast

alast upp hjá vandalausum

to be brought up by people outside one's family


raðar

second/third-person singular indicative of raða


raða

raða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative raðaði, supine raðað)

raðaði (indicative past singular third-person)
raðað (supine)
raðaður (masculine nominative singular)
röðuð (feminine nominative singular)
raðað (neuter nominative singular)
raðaðir (masculine nominative plural)
raðaðar (feminine nominative plural)
röðuð (neuter nominative plural)
raðaðan (accusative masculine singular)
raðaða (accusative feminine singular)
raðað (accusative neuter singular)
raðaða (accusative masculine plural)
raðaðar (accusative feminine plural)
röðuð (accusative neuter plural)
röðuðum (dative masculine singular)
raðaðri (dative feminine singular)
röðuðu (dative neuter singular)
röðuðum (dative masculine plural)
röðuðum (dative feminine plural)
röðuðum (dative neuter plural)
raðaðs (genitive masculine singular)
raðaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
raðaðs (genitive neuter singular)
raðaðra (genitive masculine plural)
raðaðra (feminine genitive plural)
raðaðra (genitive neuter plural)
raðaði (masculine nominative singular)
raðaða (feminine nominative singular)
raðaða (neuter nominative singular)
röðuðu (masculine nominative plural)
röðuðu (feminine nominative plural)
röðuðu (neuter nominative plural)
raðaða (accusative masculine singular)
röðuðu (accusative feminine singular)
raðaða (accusative neuter singular)
röðuðu (accusative masculine plural)
röðuðu (accusative feminine plural)
röðuðu (accusative neuter plural)
raðaða (dative masculine singular)
röðuðu (dative feminine singular)
raðaða (dative neuter singular)
röðuðu (dative masculine plural)
röðuðu (dative feminine plural)
röðuðu (dative neuter plural)
raðaða (genitive masculine singular)
röðuðu (feminine genitive singular)
raðaða (genitive neuter singular)
röðuðu (genitive masculine plural)
röðuðu (feminine genitive plural)
röðuðu (genitive neuter plural)

to put in order, arrange, sort [with dative]


rýra

rýra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rýrði, supine rýrt)

rýrði (indicative past singular third-person)
rýrt (supine)
rýrður (masculine nominative singular)
rýrð (feminine nominative singular)
rýrt (neuter nominative singular)
rýrðir (masculine nominative plural)
rýrðar (feminine nominative plural)
rýrð (neuter nominative plural)
rýrðan (accusative masculine singular)
rýrða (accusative feminine singular)
rýrt (accusative neuter singular)
rýrða (accusative masculine plural)
rýrðar (accusative feminine plural)
rýrð (accusative neuter plural)
rýrðum (dative masculine singular)
rýrðri (dative feminine singular)
rýrðu (dative neuter singular)
rýrðum (dative masculine plural)
rýrðum (dative feminine plural)
rýrðum (dative neuter plural)
rýrðs (genitive masculine singular)
rýrðrar (feminine genitive singular)
rýrðs (genitive neuter singular)
rýrðra (genitive masculine plural)
rýrðra (feminine genitive plural)
rýrðra (genitive neuter plural)
rýrði (masculine nominative singular)
rýrða (feminine nominative singular)
rýrða (neuter nominative singular)
rýrðu (masculine nominative plural)
rýrðu (feminine nominative plural)
rýrðu (neuter nominative plural)
rýrða (accusative masculine singular)
rýrðu (accusative feminine singular)
rýrða (accusative neuter singular)
rýrðu (accusative masculine plural)
rýrðu (accusative feminine plural)
rýrðu (accusative neuter plural)
rýrða (dative masculine singular)
rýrðu (dative feminine singular)
rýrða (dative neuter singular)
rýrðu (dative masculine plural)
rýrðu (dative feminine plural)
rýrðu (dative neuter plural)
rýrða (genitive masculine singular)
rýrðu (feminine genitive singular)
rýrða (genitive neuter singular)
rýrðu (genitive masculine plural)
rýrðu (feminine genitive plural)
rýrðu (genitive neuter plural)


fríða

From Old Norse fríða, from Proto-Germanic *frīdijaną.


glugga

glugga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gluggaði, supine gluggað)

gluggaði (indicative past singular third-person)
gluggað (supine)

Lastu bókina? - Ég gluggaði í hana.

Did you read the book? - I browsed through it.


glugga í

(of reading material) to dip into, to browse through [with accusative]


gert

inflection of gerður:
strong neuter nominative singular

inflection of gerður:
strong neuter accusative singular


ræða við

ræða við (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ræddi við, supine rætt við)

ræddi við (indicative past singular third-person)
rætt við (supine)

to talk to someone, to talk with [with accusative]

to have a word with someone [with accusative]


halda ræðu

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síga

head

síga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative seig, third-person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

seig (indicative past singular third-person)
sigu (indicative past plural third-person)
sigið (supine)
siginn (masculine nominative singular)
sigin (feminine nominative singular)
sigið (neuter nominative singular)
signir (masculine nominative plural)
signar (feminine nominative plural)
sigin (neuter nominative plural)
siginn (accusative masculine singular)
signa (accusative feminine singular)
sigið (accusative neuter singular)
signa (accusative masculine plural)
signar (accusative feminine plural)
sigin (accusative neuter plural)
signum (dative masculine singular)
siginni (dative feminine singular)
signu (dative neuter singular)
signum (dative masculine plural)
signum (dative feminine plural)
signum (dative neuter plural)
sigins (genitive masculine singular)
siginnar (feminine genitive singular)
sigins (genitive neuter singular)
siginna (genitive masculine plural)
siginna (feminine genitive plural)
siginna (genitive neuter plural)
signi (masculine nominative singular)
signa (feminine nominative singular)
signa (neuter nominative singular)
signu (masculine nominative plural)
signu (feminine nominative plural)
signu (neuter nominative plural)
signa (accusative masculine singular)
signu (accusative feminine singular)
signa (accusative neuter singular)
signu (accusative masculine plural)
signu (accusative feminine plural)
signu (accusative neuter plural)
signa (dative masculine singular)
signu (dative feminine singular)
signa (dative neuter singular)
signu (dative masculine plural)
signu (dative feminine plural)
signu (dative neuter plural)
signa (genitive masculine singular)
signu (feminine genitive singular)
signa (genitive neuter singular)
signu (genitive masculine plural)
signu (feminine genitive plural)
signu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse síga, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. More at sie.

(intransitive) to sink, to slowly descend

(intransitive, of land, mounds, etc.) to subside

(intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)

(intransitive) to prolapse, to move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position


toga í

toga í (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative togaði í, supine togað í)

togaði í (indicative past singular third-person)
togað í (supine)


togast á um

to fight over something, to contend for something [with accusative]


blífur

second-person singular active present indicative of blífa

third-person singular active present indicative of blífa


drífur

second-person singular active present indicative

third-person singular active present indicative


klýfur

second-person singular active present indicative of kljúfa

third-person singular active present indicative of kljúfa


klífur

second-person singular present indicative

third-person singular present indicative


hrífur

third-person singular present indicative of hrífa


rýfur

second-person singular present indicative of rjúfa

third-person singular present indicative of rjúfa


rífur

second-person singular present indicative of rífa

third-person singular present indicative of rífa


þrífur

second-person singular present indicative of þrífa

third-person singular present indicative of þrífa


tauta

tauta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tautaði, supine tautað)

tautaði (indicative past singular third-person)
tautað (supine)
tautaður (masculine nominative singular)
tautuð (feminine nominative singular)
tautað (neuter nominative singular)
tautaðir (masculine nominative plural)
tautaðar (feminine nominative plural)
tautuð (neuter nominative plural)
tautaðan (accusative masculine singular)
tautaða (accusative feminine singular)
tautað (accusative neuter singular)
tautaða (accusative masculine plural)
tautaðar (accusative feminine plural)
tautuð (accusative neuter plural)
tautuðum (dative masculine singular)
tautaðri (dative feminine singular)
tautuðu (dative neuter singular)
tautuðum (dative masculine plural)
tautuðum (dative feminine plural)
tautuðum (dative neuter plural)
tautaðs (genitive masculine singular)
tautaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
tautaðs (genitive neuter singular)
tautaðra (genitive masculine plural)
tautaðra (feminine genitive plural)
tautaðra (genitive neuter plural)
tautaði (masculine nominative singular)
tautaða (feminine nominative singular)
tautaða (neuter nominative singular)
tautuðu (masculine nominative plural)
tautuðu (feminine nominative plural)
tautuðu (neuter nominative plural)
tautaða (accusative masculine singular)
tautuðu (accusative feminine singular)
tautaða (accusative neuter singular)
tautuðu (accusative masculine plural)
tautuðu (accusative feminine plural)
tautuðu (accusative neuter plural)
tautaða (dative masculine singular)
tautuðu (dative feminine singular)
tautaða (dative neuter singular)
tautuðu (dative masculine plural)
tautuðu (dative feminine plural)
tautuðu (dative neuter plural)
tautaða (genitive masculine singular)
tautuðu (feminine genitive singular)
tautaða (genitive neuter singular)
tautuðu (genitive masculine plural)
tautuðu (feminine genitive plural)
tautuðu (genitive neuter plural)


helga

helga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative helgaði, supine helgað)

helgaði (indicative past singular third-person)
helgað (supine)

helga þing

to initiate a conference with special rites

to consecrate; (to declare, or otherwise make something holy) (confer helgur) [with accusative]

Hún helgaði honum bók.


gefast upp

Við gefumst ekki upp þótt þetta sé erfitt.

We won't give up even though this is hard.

Ég gefst upp.

Eigum við að gefast upp?

to give up, to surrender, to throw in the towel


siða

siða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative siðaði, supine siðað)

siðaði (indicative past singular third-person)
siðað (supine)
siðaður (masculine nominative singular)
siðuð (feminine nominative singular)
siðað (neuter nominative singular)
siðaðir (masculine nominative plural)
siðaðar (feminine nominative plural)
siðuð (neuter nominative plural)
siðaðan (accusative masculine singular)
siðaða (accusative feminine singular)
siðað (accusative neuter singular)
siðaða (accusative masculine plural)
siðaðar (accusative feminine plural)
siðuð (accusative neuter plural)
siðuðum (dative masculine singular)
siðaðri (dative feminine singular)
siðuðu (dative neuter singular)
siðuðum (dative masculine plural)
siðuðum (dative feminine plural)
siðuðum (dative neuter plural)
siðaðs (genitive masculine singular)
siðaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
siðaðs (genitive neuter singular)
siðaðra (genitive masculine plural)
siðaðra (feminine genitive plural)
siðaðra (genitive neuter plural)
siðaði (masculine nominative singular)
siðaða (feminine nominative singular)
siðaða (neuter nominative singular)
siðuðu (masculine nominative plural)
siðuðu (feminine nominative plural)
siðuðu (neuter nominative plural)
siðaða (accusative masculine singular)
siðuðu (accusative feminine singular)
siðaða (accusative neuter singular)
siðuðu (accusative masculine plural)
siðuðu (accusative feminine plural)
siðuðu (accusative neuter plural)
siðaða (dative masculine singular)
siðuðu (dative feminine singular)
siðaða (dative neuter singular)
siðuðu (dative masculine plural)
siðuðu (dative feminine plural)
siðuðu (dative neuter plural)
siðaða (genitive masculine singular)
siðuðu (feminine genitive singular)
siðaða (genitive neuter singular)
siðuðu (genitive masculine plural)
siðuðu (feminine genitive plural)
siðuðu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse siða, from Proto-Germanic *sidōną.


kveðja

kveðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvaddi, supine kvatt)

kvaddi (indicative past singular third-person)
kvatt (supine)
kvaddur (masculine nominative singular)
kvadd (feminine nominative singular)
kvatt (neuter nominative singular)
kvaddir (masculine nominative plural)
kvaddar (feminine nominative plural)
kvadd (neuter nominative plural)
kvaddan (accusative masculine singular)
kvadda (accusative feminine singular)
kvatt (accusative neuter singular)
kvadda (accusative masculine plural)
kvaddar (accusative feminine plural)
kvadd (accusative neuter plural)
kvaddum (dative masculine singular)
kvaddri (dative feminine singular)
kvaddu (dative neuter singular)
kvaddum (dative masculine plural)
kvaddum (dative feminine plural)
kvaddum (dative neuter plural)
kvadds (genitive masculine singular)
kvaddrar (feminine genitive singular)
kvadds (genitive neuter singular)
kveddra (genitive masculine plural)
kveddra (feminine genitive plural)
kveddra (genitive neuter plural)
kvaddi (masculine nominative singular)
kvadda (feminine nominative singular)
kvadda (neuter nominative singular)
kvaddu (masculine nominative plural)
kvaddu (feminine nominative plural)
kvaddu (neuter nominative plural)
kvadda (accusative masculine singular)
kvaddu (accusative feminine singular)
kvadda (accusative neuter singular)
kvaddu (accusative masculine plural)
kvaddu (accusative feminine plural)
kvaddu (accusative neuter plural)
kvadda (dative masculine singular)
kvaddu (dative feminine singular)
kvadda (dative neuter singular)
kvaddu (dative masculine plural)
kvaddu (dative feminine plural)
kvaddu (dative neuter plural)
kvadda (genitive masculine singular)
kvaddu (feminine genitive singular)
kvadda (genitive neuter singular)
kvaddu (genitive masculine plural)
kvaddu (feminine genitive plural)
kvaddu (genitive neuter plural)

to say goodbye, to take one's leave [with accusative]

Hann kvaddi í gærmorgun eftir löng veikindi.

He left this world yesterday morning after battling illness for long.


fetta fingur út í

fetta fingur út í (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fetti fingur út í, supine fett fingur út í)

fetti fingur út í (indicative past singular third-person)
fett fingur út í (supine)

Literally, “to bend (the) finger out (and) in”.

lit

Hún fettir alltaf fingur út í allt sem ég geri.

to criticize something, to find fault with something [with accusative]


láta í té

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láta í té (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lét í té, third-person plural past indicative létu í té, supine látið í té)

lét í té (indicative past singular third-person)
létu í té (indicative past plural third-person)
látið í té (supine)

Ég verð að láta manninum öll sönnunargögnin í té.

I have to hand all the evidence over to the man.

Hann lét konunni gögnin í té.

+obj

to hand over, to grant [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘something’]


slá met

head

slá met (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sló met, third-person plural past indicative slógu met, supine slegið met)

sló met (indicative past singular third-person)
slógu met (indicative past plural third-person)
slegið met (supine)


litu

third-person plural past indicative of líta

third-person plural past subjunctive of líta


tegra

tegra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tegraði, supine tegrað)

tegraði (indicative past singular third-person)
tegrað (supine)
tegraður (masculine nominative singular)
tegruð (feminine nominative singular)
tegrað (neuter nominative singular)
tegraðir (masculine nominative plural)
tegraðar (feminine nominative plural)
tegruð (neuter nominative plural)
tegraðan (accusative masculine singular)
tegraða (accusative feminine singular)
tegrað (accusative neuter singular)
tegraða (accusative masculine plural)
tegraðar (accusative feminine plural)
tegruð (accusative neuter plural)
tegruðum (dative masculine singular)
tegraðri (dative feminine singular)
tegruðu (dative neuter singular)
tegruðum (dative masculine plural)
tegruðum (dative feminine plural)
tegruðum (dative neuter plural)
tegraðs (genitive masculine singular)
tegraðrar (feminine genitive singular)
tegraðs (genitive neuter singular)
tegraðra (genitive masculine plural)
tegraðra (feminine genitive plural)
tegraðra (genitive neuter plural)
tegraði (masculine nominative singular)
tegraða (feminine nominative singular)
tegraða (neuter nominative singular)
tegruðu (masculine nominative plural)
tegruðu (feminine nominative plural)
tegruðu (neuter nominative plural)
tegraða (accusative masculine singular)
tegruðu (accusative feminine singular)
tegraða (accusative neuter singular)
tegruðu (accusative masculine plural)
tegruðu (accusative feminine plural)
tegruðu (accusative neuter plural)
tegraða (dative masculine singular)
tegruðu (dative feminine singular)
tegraða (dative neuter singular)
tegruðu (dative masculine plural)
tegruðu (dative feminine plural)
tegruðu (dative neuter plural)
tegraða (genitive masculine singular)
tegruðu (feminine genitive singular)
tegraða (genitive neuter singular)
tegruðu (genitive masculine plural)
tegruðu (feminine genitive plural)
tegruðu (genitive neuter plural)

Constructed on the basis of Danish integrere, ultimately from Latin integrō.


tegrun

is-noun

tegrun f (genitive singular tegrunar, nominative plural tegranir)

tegrunar (genitive singular)
tegranir (nominative plural)
tegrun (indefinite nominative singular)
tegrunin (definite nominative singular)
tegranir (indefinite nominative plural)
tegranirnar (definite nominative plural)
tegrun (accusative indefinite singular)
tegrunina (accusative definite singular)
tegranir (accusative indefinite plural)
tegranirnar (accusative definite plural)
tegrun (dative indefinite singular)
tegruninni (dative definite singular)
tegrunum (dative indefinite plural)
tegrununum (dative definite plural)
tegrunar (genitive indefinite singular)
tegrunarinnar (definite genitive singular)
tegrana (genitive indefinite plural)
tegrananna (definite genitive plural)


felldur

past participle of fella (“felled; pleated”)


hafa bein í nefinu

head

hafa bein í nefinu (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði bein í nefinu, supine haft bein í nefinu)

hafði bein í nefinu (indicative past singular third-person)
haft bein í nefinu (supine)

Literally, “to have a bone in the nose”.


sýkja

sýkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sýkti, supine sýkt)

sýkti (indicative past singular third-person)
sýkt (supine)
sýktur (masculine nominative singular)
sýkt (feminine nominative singular)
sýkt (neuter nominative singular)
sýktir (masculine nominative plural)
sýktar (feminine nominative plural)
sýkt (neuter nominative plural)
sýktan (accusative masculine singular)
sýkta (accusative feminine singular)
sýkt (accusative neuter singular)
sýkta (accusative masculine plural)
sýktar (accusative feminine plural)
sýkt (accusative neuter plural)
sýktum (dative masculine singular)
sýktri (dative feminine singular)
sýktu (dative neuter singular)
sýktum (dative masculine plural)
sýktum (dative feminine plural)
sýktum (dative neuter plural)
sýkts (genitive masculine singular)
sýktrar (feminine genitive singular)
sýkts (genitive neuter singular)
sýktra (genitive masculine plural)
sýktra (feminine genitive plural)
sýktra (genitive neuter plural)
sýkti (masculine nominative singular)
sýkta (feminine nominative singular)
sýkta (neuter nominative singular)
sýktu (masculine nominative plural)
sýktu (feminine nominative plural)
sýktu (neuter nominative plural)
sýkta (accusative masculine singular)
sýktu (accusative feminine singular)
sýkta (accusative neuter singular)
sýktu (accusative masculine plural)
sýktu (accusative feminine plural)
sýktu (accusative neuter plural)
sýkta (dative masculine singular)
sýktu (dative feminine singular)
sýkta (dative neuter singular)
sýktu (dative masculine plural)
sýktu (dative feminine plural)
sýktu (dative neuter plural)
sýkta (genitive masculine singular)
sýktu (feminine genitive singular)
sýkta (genitive neuter singular)
sýktu (genitive masculine plural)
sýktu (feminine genitive plural)
sýktu (genitive neuter plural)


fallast

fallast á

to agree to something, to consent to something


njóta sín

Hann nýtur sín virkilega í þessu starfi.

He really comes into his own at this job.

to use one's abilities to the full, to come into one's own


njótast

(of a couple) to live together, to enjoy sex with each other


hafa nóg á sinni könnu

hafa nóg á sinni könnu (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði nóg á sinni könnu, supine haft nóg á sinni könnu)

hafði nóg á sinni könnu (indicative past singular third-person)
haft nóg á sinni könnu (supine)

Literally, “to have enough on one's pot”.

lit

have one's hands full
have one's hands full


láta sigla sinn sjó

Látum hann bara sigla sinn sjó.

to wash one's hands of someone [with accusative]


nefnd

strong feminine nominative singular of nefndur

strong neuter accusative singular of nefndur


saug

first/third-person singular past indicative of sjúga


greypa

head

greypa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative greypti, supine greypt)

greypti (indicative past singular third-person)
greypt (supine)
greyptur (masculine nominative singular)
greypt (feminine nominative singular)
greypt (neuter nominative singular)
greyptir (masculine nominative plural)
greyptar (feminine nominative plural)
greypt (neuter nominative plural)
greyptan (accusative masculine singular)
greypta (accusative feminine singular)
greypt (accusative neuter singular)
greypta (accusative masculine plural)
greyptar (accusative feminine plural)
greypt (accusative neuter plural)
greyptum (dative masculine singular)
greyptri (dative feminine singular)
greyptu (dative neuter singular)
greyptum (dative masculine plural)
greyptum (dative feminine plural)
greyptum (dative neuter plural)
greypts (genitive masculine singular)
greyptrar (feminine genitive singular)
greypts (genitive neuter singular)
greyptra (genitive masculine plural)
greyptra (feminine genitive plural)
greyptra (genitive neuter plural)
greypti (masculine nominative singular)
greypta (feminine nominative singular)
greypta (neuter nominative singular)
greyptu (masculine nominative plural)
greyptu (feminine nominative plural)
greyptu (neuter nominative plural)
greypta (accusative masculine singular)
greyptu (accusative feminine singular)
greypta (accusative neuter singular)
greyptu (accusative masculine plural)
greyptu (accusative feminine plural)
greyptu (accusative neuter plural)
greypta (dative masculine singular)
greyptu (dative feminine singular)
greypta (dative neuter singular)
greyptu (dative masculine plural)
greyptu (dative feminine plural)
greyptu (dative neuter plural)
greypta (genitive masculine singular)
greyptu (feminine genitive singular)
greypta (genitive neuter singular)
greyptu (genitive masculine plural)
greyptu (feminine genitive plural)
greyptu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse greypa (“to groove”), from Proto-Germanic *graupjaną, ultimately from or related to Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (“to dig”).

der

Maðurinn greypti orðin í stein.

to inlay, to imprint, to set [with accusative]


skella á

Hún skellti á mig!

Af hverju skelltirðu á mig?

Ég ætla að skella á þig!

Hún skellti á pabba minn þegar hann sagðist koma klukkan sjö.

She hung up on my dad when he said he'd arrive at seven o'clock.


leggja á

head

leggja á (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lagði á, supine lagt á)

lagði á (indicative past singular third-person)
lagt á (supine)

Ég tók upp símann, sagði „ég er á leiðinni“ og laggði svo á.

I picked up the phone and said "I'm on my way" and then hung up.

to hang up [intransitive or with accusative]


blindar

second/third-person singular active present indicative of blinda


hæla á hvert reipi

Honum hefur verið hælt á hvert reipi.

Henni var hælt á hvert reipi.

(idiomatic) to praise to the skies, to sing the praises


hæla

hæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hældi, supine hælt)

hældi (indicative past singular third-person)
hælt (supine)


hælast um af

to brag about something, to boast of something [with dative]


hafa mörg járn í eldinum

hafa mörg járn í eldinum (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hafði mörg járn í eldinum, supine haft mörg járn í eldinum)

hafði mörg járn í eldinum (indicative past singular third-person)
haft mörg járn í eldinum (supine)

too many irons in the fire
too many irons in the fire

(idiomatic) to have too many irons in the fire, to have many many competing tasks


bölva í sand og ösku

Literally, “to curse into sand and ash”.

Ég bölvaði tölvunni minni í sand og ösku.

(idiomatic) to curse to the devil [with dative ‘someone’]


bölva

bölva (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bölvaði)

bölvaði (indicative past singular third-person)


skara eld að sinni köku

skara eld að sinni köku (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði eld að sinni köku, supine skarað eld að sinni köku)

skaraði eld að sinni köku (indicative past singular third-person)
skarað eld að sinni köku (supine)
skara eld að eigin köku (alternative)

Literally, “to poke fire to one's own cake”.

lit

feather one's own nest
feather one's own nest

look out for number one
look out for number one

(idiomatic) to feather one's own nest, to feather one's nest, to look out for number one


skara fram úr

head

skara fram úr (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði fram úr, supine skarað fram úr)

skaraði fram úr (indicative past singular third-person)
skarað fram úr (supine)

to be outstanding, to be the best, to outdo [intransitive or with accusative ‘someone’]


falla allur ketill í eld

Literally, “for the whole kettle to fall into the fire”.

lit

Honum féll allur ketill í eld.

(idiomatic, with inversion) to make thunderstruck, to stupefy [with dative ‘someone’]


rigna eldi og brennisteini

Það rignir eldi og brennisteini í dag.


elda grátt silfur

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elda grátt silfur (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði grátt silfur, supine eldað grátt silfur)

eldaði grátt silfur (indicative past singular third-person)
eldað grátt silfur (supine)

(idiomatic) to be at loggerheads, to be at sixes and sevens


elda ofan í

elda ofan í (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði, supine eldað)

eldaði (indicative past singular third-person)
eldað (supine)


leifa

leifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leifði, supine leift)

leifði (indicative past singular third-person)
leift (supine)
leifður (masculine nominative singular)
leifð (feminine nominative singular)
leift (neuter nominative singular)
leifðir (masculine nominative plural)
leifðar (feminine nominative plural)
leifð (neuter nominative plural)
leifðan (accusative masculine singular)
leifða (accusative feminine singular)
leift (accusative neuter singular)
leifða (accusative masculine plural)
leifðar (accusative feminine plural)
leifð (accusative neuter plural)
leifðum (dative masculine singular)
leifðri (dative feminine singular)
leifðu (dative neuter singular)
leifðum (dative masculine plural)
leifðum (dative feminine plural)
leifðum (dative neuter plural)
leifðs (genitive masculine singular)
leifðrar (feminine genitive singular)
leifðs (genitive neuter singular)
leifðra (genitive masculine plural)
leifðra (feminine genitive plural)
leifðra (genitive neuter plural)
leifði (masculine nominative singular)
leifða (feminine nominative singular)
leifða (neuter nominative singular)
leifðu (masculine nominative plural)
leifðu (feminine nominative plural)
leifðu (neuter nominative plural)
leifða (accusative masculine singular)
leifðu (accusative feminine singular)
leifða (accusative neuter singular)
leifðu (accusative masculine plural)
leifðu (accusative feminine plural)
leifðu (accusative neuter plural)
leifða (dative masculine singular)
leifðu (dative feminine singular)
leifða (dative neuter singular)
leifðu (dative masculine plural)
leifðu (dative feminine plural)
leifðu (dative neuter plural)
leifða (genitive masculine singular)
leifðu (feminine genitive singular)
leifða (genitive neuter singular)
leifðu (genitive masculine plural)
leifðu (feminine genitive plural)
leifðu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną. Compare Faroese leiva, Danish levne, English leave.

to leave behind, especially to leave (food) uneaten [with dative]


sáð

feminine nominative singular of sá (“to sow”)

neuter nominative singular of sá (“to sow”)

neuter accusative singular of sá (“to sow”)

neuter nominative plural of sá (“to sow”)

neuter accusative plural of sá (“to sow”)


setjast í helgan stein

Literally, “to sit in a holy stone”. The older form of the idiom was stejast í stein, meaning "to join a monastery".

(idiomatic) to retire, to go into retirement


þykja súrt í broti

þykja súrt í broti (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þótt súrt í broti, supine þótt súrt í broti)

þótt súrt í broti (indicative past singular third-person)
þótt súrt í broti (supine)

Literally, “to be found sour in the fracture”.

lit

Mér þykir þetta heldur súrt í broti.


snjóa

head

snjóa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative snjóaði, supine snjóað)

snjóaði (indicative past singular third-person)
snjóað (supine)

From Old Norse snjóva, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną.

Vá hvað það hefur snjóað mikið!

Ég vona að það snjói.

Snjóaði síðasta vetur?

Ó, það er byrjað að snjóa aftur.


árna

árna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative árnaði)

árnaði (indicative past singular third-person)


árna heilla

Ég vil árna þér heilla.

Hann árnaði mér heilla.


bæta úr skák

bæta úr skák (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bætti úr skák, supine bætt úr skák)

bætti úr skák (indicative past singular third-person)
bætt úr skák (supine)

Þetta bætti ekki úr skák.

Hún var ekki dugleg að læra, og ekki bætti úr skák að hún var lesblind.

She wasn't a good student, and to make things worse she was dyslexic.

to remedy something, to make something better, to improve


bæt

second-person singular active imperative of bæta


lofa upp í ermina

lofa upp í ermina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lofaði upp í ermina, supine lofað upp í ermina)

lofaði upp í ermina (indicative past singular third-person)
lofað upp í ermina (supine)
lofa upp í ermina á sér (alternative)


láta hendur standa fram úr ermum

Literally, “to let [one's] hands stand out from [one's] sleeves”.

m-g

to let 􂀿one's􂁀 hands stand out from 􂀿one's􂁀 sleeves

lit

Hættu að tala og láttu hendur standa fram úr ermum!

roll up one's sleeves
roll up one's sleeves


lofa upp í ermina á sér

Passaðu þig á því að lofa ekki upp í ermina á þér.

Watch out not to promise more than you can keep.

to promise more than one can keep [with dative]


hrista fram úr erminni

to finish something quickly [with accusative]


hrista

head

hrista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hristi, supine hrist)

hristi (indicative past singular third-person)
hrist (supine)
hristur (masculine nominative singular)
hrist (feminine nominative singular)
hrist (neuter nominative singular)
hristir (masculine nominative plural)
hristar (feminine nominative plural)
hrist (neuter nominative plural)
hristan (accusative masculine singular)
hrista (accusative feminine singular)
hrist (accusative neuter singular)
hrista (accusative masculine plural)
hristar (accusative feminine plural)
hrist (accusative neuter plural)
hristum (dative masculine singular)
hristri (dative feminine singular)
hristu (dative neuter singular)
hristum (dative masculine plural)
hristum (dative feminine plural)
hristum (dative neuter plural)
hrists (genitive masculine singular)
hristrar (feminine genitive singular)
hrists (genitive neuter singular)
hristra (genitive masculine plural)
hristra (feminine genitive plural)
hristra (genitive neuter plural)
hristi (masculine nominative singular)
hrista (feminine nominative singular)
hrista (neuter nominative singular)
hristu (masculine nominative plural)
hristu (feminine nominative plural)
hristu (neuter nominative plural)
hrista (accusative masculine singular)
hristu (accusative feminine singular)
hrista (accusative neuter singular)
hristu (accusative masculine plural)
hristu (accusative feminine plural)
hristu (accusative neuter plural)
hrista (dative masculine singular)
hristu (dative feminine singular)
hrista (dative neuter singular)
hristu (dative masculine plural)
hristu (dative feminine plural)
hristu (dative neuter plural)
hrista (genitive masculine singular)
hristu (feminine genitive singular)
hrista (genitive neuter singular)
hristu (genitive masculine plural)
hristu (feminine genitive plural)
hristu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse hrista, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *krisd- (“to move about, frolic”), and cognate with Sanskrit क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play”), but this is semantically tenuous.

der

Ekki hrista barnið svona!


hristast

Ég reyndi að sofna en flugvélin hristist svo mikið.

I tried to sleep but the plane trembled so much.


lofa

head

lofa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lofaði, supine lofað)

lofaði (indicative past singular third-person)
lofað (supine)
lofaður (masculine nominative singular)
lofuð (feminine nominative singular)
lofað (neuter nominative singular)
lofaðir (masculine nominative plural)
lofaðar (feminine nominative plural)
lofuð (neuter nominative plural)
lofaðan (accusative masculine singular)
lofaða (accusative feminine singular)
lofað (accusative neuter singular)
lofaða (accusative masculine plural)
lofaðar (accusative feminine plural)
lofuð (accusative neuter plural)
lofuðum (dative masculine singular)
lofaðri (dative feminine singular)
lofuðu (dative neuter singular)
lofuðum (dative masculine plural)
lofuðum (dative feminine plural)
lofuðum (dative neuter plural)
lofaðs (genitive masculine singular)
lofaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
lofaðs (genitive neuter singular)
lofaðra (genitive masculine plural)
lofaðra (feminine genitive plural)
lofaðra (genitive neuter plural)
lofaði (masculine nominative singular)
lofaða (feminine nominative singular)
lofaða (neuter nominative singular)
lofuðu (masculine nominative plural)
lofuðu (feminine nominative plural)
lofuðu (neuter nominative plural)
lofaða (accusative masculine singular)
lofuðu (accusative feminine singular)
lofaða (accusative neuter singular)
lofuðu (accusative masculine plural)
lofuðu (accusative feminine plural)
lofuðu (accusative neuter plural)
lofaða (dative masculine singular)
lofuðu (dative feminine singular)
lofaða (dative neuter singular)
lofuðu (dative masculine plural)
lofuðu (dative feminine plural)
lofuðu (dative neuter plural)
lofaða (genitive masculine singular)
lofuðu (feminine genitive singular)
lofaða (genitive neuter singular)
lofuðu (genitive masculine plural)
lofuðu (feminine genitive plural)
lofuðu (genitive neuter plural)

Lofaðu að hætta þessu!

Ég lofaði að hann fengi nammi.

Lofaðu mér því að þú komir aftur!

Ég lofaði henni boltanum.

+obj

dat<someone> + dat<something>/:að(infinitive)<to do something>

dative ‘someone’ along with dative ‘something’ að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’

to promise [with dative ‘someone’, along with dative ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

Psalm 22: 23 (Icelandic, English)

I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you!

Ég vil kunngjöra bræðrum mínum nafn þitt, í söfnuðinum vil ég lofa þig!

Psalm 22: 25 (Icelandic, English)

The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever!

Snauðir munu eta og verða mettir, þeir er leita Drottins munu lofa hann. Hjörtu yðar lifni við að eilífu.

Hún lofaði nýju tæknina.

Lof mér að sjá!

dat<someone> + acc<something>/:að(infinitive)<to do something>

dative ‘someone’ along with accusative ‘something’ að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’

to let, to permit, to allow [with dative ‘someone’, along with accusative ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]


lofa öllu fögru

head

lofa öllu fögru (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lofaði öllu fögru, supine lofað öllu fögru)

lofaði öllu fögru (indicative past singular third-person)
lofað öllu fögru (supine)


strengja

strengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative strengdi, supine strengt)

strengdi (indicative past singular third-person)
strengt (supine)
strengdur (masculine nominative singular)
strengd (feminine nominative singular)
strengt (neuter nominative singular)
strengdir (masculine nominative plural)
strengdar (feminine nominative plural)
strengd (neuter nominative plural)
strengdan (accusative masculine singular)
strengda (accusative feminine singular)
strengt (accusative neuter singular)
strengda (accusative masculine plural)
strengdar (accusative feminine plural)
strengd (accusative neuter plural)
strengdum (dative masculine singular)
strengdri (dative feminine singular)
strengdu (dative neuter singular)
strengdum (dative masculine plural)
strengdum (dative feminine plural)
strengdum (dative neuter plural)
strengds (genitive masculine singular)
strengdrar (feminine genitive singular)
strengds (genitive neuter singular)
strengdra (genitive masculine plural)
strengdra (feminine genitive plural)
strengdra (genitive neuter plural)
strengdi (masculine nominative singular)
strengda (feminine nominative singular)
strengda (neuter nominative singular)
strengdu (masculine nominative plural)
strengdu (feminine nominative plural)
strengdu (neuter nominative plural)
strengda (accusative masculine singular)
strengdu (accusative feminine singular)
strengda (accusative neuter singular)
strengdu (accusative masculine plural)
strengdu (accusative feminine plural)
strengdu (accusative neuter plural)
strengda (dative masculine singular)
strengdu (dative feminine singular)
strengda (dative neuter singular)
strengdu (dative masculine plural)
strengdu (dative feminine plural)
strengdu (dative neuter plural)
strengda (genitive masculine singular)
strengdu (feminine genitive singular)
strengda (genitive neuter singular)
strengdu (genitive masculine plural)
strengdu (feminine genitive plural)
strengdu (genitive neuter plural)


strengja heit

Hún strengdi þess heit að bjarga honum.

(idiomatic) to vow, to swear, to make a solemn promise, to make a solemn oath [with genitive]


strengdur

past participle of strengja (“to pull taut”)


dylgja

dylgja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dylgjaði, supine dylgjað)

dylgjaði (indicative past singular third-person)
dylgjað (supine)

to insinuate, to hint at [with með (+ accusative)]


deila um keisarans skegg

deila um keisarans skegg (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative deildi um keisarans skegg, supine deilt um keisarans skegg)

deildi um keisarans skegg (indicative past singular third-person)
deilt um keisarans skegg (supine)

Literally, “to quarrel about the emperor's beard”.

lit

(idiomatic) to dispute about trivialities


blasa við

Svarið blasir við þér.

to stare in the face, to be quite evident

Blár himininn blasir við mér.

(of an environment) to lay spread out before one


blasa

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blasa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative blasti, supine blasað)

blasti (indicative past singular third-person)
blasað (supine)


mása

mása (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative másaði, supine másað)

másaði (indicative past singular third-person)
másað (supine)


bera kápuna á báðum öxlum

Literally, “to bear the coat on both shoulders”. Compare the Latin duābus sellīs sedeō (“I sit on two chairs”).

cog

(idiomatic, intransitive) to blow hot and cold, to waver, to vacillate, to change one's opinion often


líta um öxl

(idiomatic) to look back at an earlier time


dauður úr öllum æðum

(idiomatic) to have no spark left in oneself


sinna

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sinna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sinnti, supine sinnt)

sinnti (indicative past singular third-person)
sinnt (supine)
sinntur (masculine nominative singular)
sinnt (feminine nominative singular)
sinnt (neuter nominative singular)
sinntir (masculine nominative plural)
sinntar (feminine nominative plural)
sinnt (neuter nominative plural)
sinntan (accusative masculine singular)
sinnta (accusative feminine singular)
sinnt (accusative neuter singular)
sinnta (accusative masculine plural)
sinntar (accusative feminine plural)
sinnt (accusative neuter plural)
sinntum (dative masculine singular)
sinntri (dative feminine singular)
sinntu (dative neuter singular)
sinntum (dative masculine plural)
sinntum (dative feminine plural)
sinntum (dative neuter plural)
sinnts (genitive masculine singular)
sinntrar (feminine genitive singular)
sinnts (genitive neuter singular)
sinntra (genitive masculine plural)
sinntra (feminine genitive plural)
sinntra (genitive neuter plural)
sinnti (masculine nominative singular)
sinnta (feminine nominative singular)
sinnta (neuter nominative singular)
sinntu (masculine nominative plural)
sinntu (feminine nominative plural)
sinntu (neuter nominative plural)
sinnta (accusative masculine singular)
sinntu (accusative feminine singular)
sinnta (accusative neuter singular)
sinntu (accusative masculine plural)
sinntu (accusative feminine plural)
sinntu (accusative neuter plural)
sinnta (dative masculine singular)
sinntu (dative feminine singular)
sinnta (dative neuter singular)
sinntu (dative masculine plural)
sinntu (dative feminine plural)
sinntu (dative neuter plural)
sinnta (genitive masculine singular)
sinntu (feminine genitive singular)
sinnta (genitive neuter singular)
sinntu (genitive masculine plural)
sinntu (feminine genitive plural)
sinntu (genitive neuter plural)

Borrowed from Old Norse sinna, borrowed from Middle Low German sinnen (“to strive for”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sinnaną (“to aim for, long for”).


taka til

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taka til (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tók til, third-person plural past indicative tóku til, supine tekið til)

tók til (indicative past singular third-person)
tóku til (indicative past plural third-person)
tekið til (supine)

Taktu til í herberginu þínu!

Nennirðu að taka til?

to clean, to tidy up [with í (+ dative) ‘something’]


leggja kapal

Nennir einhver að kenna mér að leggja kapal?

Could someone teach me how to play solitaire?

to play a single player card game (such as solitaire (US), patience (UK))


mýkja

mýkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mýkti, supine mýkt)

mýkti (indicative past singular third-person)
mýkt (supine)
mýktur (masculine nominative singular)
mýkt (feminine nominative singular)
mýkt (neuter nominative singular)
mýktir (masculine nominative plural)
mýktar (feminine nominative plural)
mýkt (neuter nominative plural)
mýktan (accusative masculine singular)
mýkta (accusative feminine singular)
mýkt (accusative neuter singular)
mýkta (accusative masculine plural)
mýktar (accusative feminine plural)
mýkt (accusative neuter plural)
mýktum (dative masculine singular)
mýktri (dative feminine singular)
mýktu (dative neuter singular)
mýktum (dative masculine plural)
mýktum (dative feminine plural)
mýktum (dative neuter plural)
mýkts (genitive masculine singular)
mýktrar (feminine genitive singular)
mýkts (genitive neuter singular)
mýktra (genitive masculine plural)
mýktra (feminine genitive plural)
mýktra (genitive neuter plural)
mýkti (masculine nominative singular)
mýkta (feminine nominative singular)
mýkta (neuter nominative singular)
mýktu (masculine nominative plural)
mýktu (feminine nominative plural)
mýktu (neuter nominative plural)
mýkta (accusative masculine singular)
mýktu (accusative feminine singular)
mýkta (accusative neuter singular)
mýktu (accusative masculine plural)
mýktu (accusative feminine plural)
mýktu (accusative neuter plural)
mýkta (dative masculine singular)
mýktu (dative feminine singular)
mýkta (dative neuter singular)
mýktu (dative masculine plural)
mýktu (dative feminine plural)
mýktu (dative neuter plural)
mýkta (genitive masculine singular)
mýktu (feminine genitive singular)
mýkta (genitive neuter singular)
mýktu (genitive masculine plural)
mýktu (feminine genitive plural)
mýktu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse mýkja, from mjúkr (“soft”) (modern Icelandic mjúkur).


logar

second-person singular active present indicative of loga

third-person singular active present indicative of loga


redda

redda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reddaði, supine reddað)

reddaði (indicative past singular third-person)
reddað (supine)

Borrowed from Danish redde, from Middle Low German redden. Attested since the second half of the 19th century.

Geturðu reddað þessu?

Ég redda þessu sjálfur.

Mamma ætlar að redda þessu.

(informal) to fix, to work something out [with dative]

Geturðu reddað mér bíl?

+obj

(informal) to provide, to obtain, to procure [with dative ‘for someone’ and dative ‘something’]


rifu

third-person plural past indicative of rífa

third-person plural past subjunctive of rífa


færa sönnur á

Hann gat ekki fært sönnur á að hafa borgað.

Lögreglan færði sönnur á svik þjófsins.


orðinn

Pabbi minn er orðinn gamall maður.

Klukkan er orðin átta.


sóla

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sóla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sólaði)

sólaði (indicative past singular third-person)


gína

gína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gein, third-person plural past indicative ginu, supine ginið)

gein (indicative past singular third-person)
ginu (indicative past plural third-person)
ginið (supine)

From Old Norse gína, from Proto-Germanic *gīnaną.


horfast

Við horfðumst í augu.


sljóvga

sljóvga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sljóvgaði, supine sljóvgað)

sljóvgaði (indicative past singular third-person)
sljóvgað (supine)
sljóvgaður (masculine nominative singular)
sljóvguð (feminine nominative singular)
sljóvgað (neuter nominative singular)
sljóvgaðir (masculine nominative plural)
sljóvgaðar (feminine nominative plural)
sljóvguð (neuter nominative plural)
sljóvgaðan (accusative masculine singular)
sljóvgaða (accusative feminine singular)
sljóvgað (accusative neuter singular)
sljóvgaða (accusative masculine plural)
sljóvgaðar (accusative feminine plural)
sljóvguð (accusative neuter plural)
sljóvguðum (dative masculine singular)
sljóvgaðri (dative feminine singular)
sljóvguðu (dative neuter singular)
sljóvguðum (dative masculine plural)
sljóvguðum (dative feminine plural)
sljóvguðum (dative neuter plural)
sljóvgaðs (genitive masculine singular)
sljóvgaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
sljóvgaðs (genitive neuter singular)
sljóvgaðra (genitive masculine plural)
sljóvgaðra (feminine genitive plural)
sljóvgaðra (genitive neuter plural)
sljóvgaði (masculine nominative singular)
sljóvgaða (feminine nominative singular)
sljóvgaða (neuter nominative singular)
sljóvguðu (masculine nominative plural)
sljóvguðu (feminine nominative plural)
sljóvguðu (neuter nominative plural)
sljóvgaða (accusative masculine singular)
sljóvguðu (accusative feminine singular)
sljóvgaða (accusative neuter singular)
sljóvguðu (accusative masculine plural)
sljóvguðu (accusative feminine plural)
sljóvguðu (accusative neuter plural)
sljóvgaða (dative masculine singular)
sljóvguðu (dative feminine singular)
sljóvgaða (dative neuter singular)
sljóvguðu (dative masculine plural)
sljóvguðu (dative feminine plural)
sljóvguðu (dative neuter plural)
sljóvgaða (genitive masculine singular)
sljóvguðu (feminine genitive singular)
sljóvgaða (genitive neuter singular)
sljóvguðu (genitive masculine plural)
sljóvguðu (feminine genitive plural)
sljóvguðu (genitive neuter plural)

to make dull, to blunt [with accusative]


hjúkra

hjúkra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hjúkraði, supine hjúkrað)

hjúkraði (indicative past singular third-person)
hjúkrað (supine)

Alongside hjúka, from Old Norse hjúka (“to carefully take care of”), probably from a k-extension of hjón (“married couple”), as married couples would tend to each other.


yfirstanda

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yfirstanda (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative yfirstóð, third-person plural past indicative yfirstóðu, supine yfirstaðið)

yfirstóð (indicative past singular third-person)
yfirstóðu (indicative past plural third-person)
yfirstaðið (supine)

From standa yfir (“to last, to be in progress”).

Nú yfirstendur hátíð heilags anda.

The celebration of the Holy Spirit is going on now.


hrökkva

hrökkva (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hrökk, third-person plural past indicative hrukku, supine hrokkið)

hrökk (indicative past singular third-person)
hrukku (indicative past plural third-person)
hrokkið (supine)
hrokkinn (masculine nominative singular)
hrokkin (feminine nominative singular)
hrokkið (neuter nominative singular)
hrokknir (masculine nominative plural)
hrokknar (feminine nominative plural)
hrokkin (neuter nominative plural)
hrokkinn (accusative masculine singular)
hrokkna (accusative feminine singular)
hrokkið (accusative neuter singular)
hrokkna (accusative masculine plural)
hrokknar (accusative feminine plural)
hrokkin (accusative neuter plural)
hrokknum (dative masculine singular)
hrokkinni (dative feminine singular)
hrokknu (dative neuter singular)
hrokknum (dative masculine plural)
hrokknum (dative feminine plural)
hrokknum (dative neuter plural)
hrokkins (genitive masculine singular)
hrokkinnar (feminine genitive singular)
hrokkins (genitive neuter singular)
hrokkinna (genitive masculine plural)
hrokkinna (feminine genitive plural)
hrokkinna (genitive neuter plural)
hrokkni (masculine nominative singular)
hrokkna (feminine nominative singular)
hrokkna (neuter nominative singular)
hrokknu (masculine nominative plural)
hrokknu (feminine nominative plural)
hrokknu (neuter nominative plural)
hrokkna (accusative masculine singular)
hrokknu (accusative feminine singular)
hrokkna (accusative neuter singular)
hrokknu (accusative masculine plural)
hrokknu (accusative feminine plural)
hrokknu (accusative neuter plural)
hrokkna (dative masculine singular)
hrokknu (dative feminine singular)
hrokkna (dative neuter singular)
hrokknu (dative masculine plural)
hrokknu (dative feminine plural)
hrokknu (dative neuter plural)
hrokkna (genitive masculine singular)
hrokknu (feminine genitive singular)
hrokkna (genitive neuter singular)
hrokknu (genitive masculine plural)
hrokknu (feminine genitive plural)
hrokknu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse hrøkkva, from Proto-Germanic *hrinkwaną.

(intransitive) to start, to jump (have a sudden reaction when startled)

(intransitive) to recoil, to suddenly retreat


hrekkja

hrekkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hrekkti, supine hrekkt)

hrekkti (indicative past singular third-person)
hrekkt (supine)
hrekktur (masculine nominative singular)
hrekkt (feminine nominative singular)
hrekkt (neuter nominative singular)
hrekktir (masculine nominative plural)
hrekktar (feminine nominative plural)
hrekkt (neuter nominative plural)
hrekktan (accusative masculine singular)
hrekkta (accusative feminine singular)
hrekkt (accusative neuter singular)
hrekkta (accusative masculine plural)
hrekktar (accusative feminine plural)
hrekkt (accusative neuter plural)
hrekktum (dative masculine singular)
hrekktri (dative feminine singular)
hrekktu (dative neuter singular)
hrekktum (dative masculine plural)
hrekktum (dative feminine plural)
hrekktum (dative neuter plural)
hrekkts (genitive masculine singular)
hrekktrar (feminine genitive singular)
hrekkts (genitive neuter singular)
hrekktra (genitive masculine plural)
hrekktra (feminine genitive plural)
hrekktra (genitive neuter plural)
hrekkti (masculine nominative singular)
hrekkta (feminine nominative singular)
hrekkta (neuter nominative singular)
hrekktu (masculine nominative plural)
hrekktu (feminine nominative plural)
hrekktu (neuter nominative plural)
hrekkta (accusative masculine singular)
hrekktu (accusative feminine singular)
hrekkta (accusative neuter singular)
hrekktu (accusative masculine plural)
hrekktu (accusative feminine plural)
hrekktu (accusative neuter plural)
hrekkta (dative masculine singular)
hrekktu (dative feminine singular)
hrekkta (dative neuter singular)
hrekktu (dative masculine plural)
hrekktu (dative feminine plural)
hrekktu (dative neuter plural)
hrekkta (genitive masculine singular)
hrekktu (feminine genitive singular)
hrekkta (genitive neuter singular)
hrekktu (genitive masculine plural)
hrekktu (feminine genitive plural)
hrekktu (genitive neuter plural)


hrjósa

hrjósa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hraus, third-person plural past indicative hrusu, supine hrosið)

hraus (indicative past singular third-person)
hrusu (indicative past plural third-person)
hrosið (supine)

From Old Norse hrjósa, from Proto-Germanic *hreusaną.

Mér hrýs hugur við sóuninni sem stöðugt á sér stað í vestrænum þjóðfélögum.

I shudder at the thought of the waste that continually happens in western societies.

[The] mind makes me shudder at the waste that continually happens in western societies.

+obj

dat<someone with a mind> + :við(dat)<at something>

to cause to shudder [with dative ‘someone with a mind’ and við (+ dative) ‘at something’] (idiomatically translated as "shudder at the thought of" with the dative object as the subject, and limited to having the grammatical subject hugur (“mind”))


rista

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rista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative risti, supine rist)

risti (indicative past singular third-person)
rist (supine)
ristur (masculine nominative singular)
rist (feminine nominative singular)
rist (neuter nominative singular)
ristir (masculine nominative plural)
ristar (feminine nominative plural)
rist (neuter nominative plural)
ristan (accusative masculine singular)
rista (accusative feminine singular)
rist (accusative neuter singular)
rista (accusative masculine plural)
ristar (accusative feminine plural)
rist (accusative neuter plural)
ristum (dative masculine singular)
ristri (dative feminine singular)
ristu (dative neuter singular)
ristum (dative masculine plural)
ristum (dative feminine plural)
ristum (dative neuter plural)
rists (genitive masculine singular)
ristrar (feminine genitive singular)
rists (genitive neuter singular)
ristra (genitive masculine plural)
ristra (feminine genitive plural)
ristra (genitive neuter plural)
risti (masculine nominative singular)
rista (feminine nominative singular)
rista (neuter nominative singular)
ristu (masculine nominative plural)
ristu (feminine nominative plural)
ristu (neuter nominative plural)
rista (accusative masculine singular)
ristu (accusative feminine singular)
rista (accusative neuter singular)
ristu (accusative masculine plural)
ristu (accusative feminine plural)
ristu (accusative neuter plural)
rista (dative masculine singular)
ristu (dative feminine singular)
rista (dative neuter singular)
ristu (dative masculine plural)
ristu (dative feminine plural)
ristu (dative neuter plural)
rista (genitive masculine singular)
ristu (feminine genitive singular)
rista (genitive neuter singular)
ristu (genitive masculine plural)
ristu (feminine genitive plural)
ristu (genitive neuter plural)


rista

rista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ristaði, supine ristað)

ristaði (indicative past singular third-person)
ristað (supine)
ristaður (masculine nominative singular)
ristuð (feminine nominative singular)
ristað (neuter nominative singular)
ristaðir (masculine nominative plural)
ristaðar (feminine nominative plural)
ristuð (neuter nominative plural)
ristaðan (accusative masculine singular)
ristaða (accusative feminine singular)
ristað (accusative neuter singular)
ristaða (accusative masculine plural)
ristaðar (accusative feminine plural)
ristuð (accusative neuter plural)
ristuðum (dative masculine singular)
ristaðri (dative feminine singular)
ristuðu (dative neuter singular)
ristuðum (dative masculine plural)
ristuðum (dative feminine plural)
ristuðum (dative neuter plural)
ristaðs (genitive masculine singular)
ristaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
ristaðs (genitive neuter singular)
ristaðra (genitive masculine plural)
ristaðra (feminine genitive plural)
ristaðra (genitive neuter plural)
ristaði (masculine nominative singular)
ristaða (feminine nominative singular)
ristaða (neuter nominative singular)
ristuðu (masculine nominative plural)
ristuðu (feminine nominative plural)
ristuðu (neuter nominative plural)
ristaða (accusative masculine singular)
ristuðu (accusative feminine singular)
ristaða (accusative neuter singular)
ristuðu (accusative masculine plural)
ristuðu (accusative feminine plural)
ristuðu (accusative neuter plural)
ristaða (dative masculine singular)
ristuðu (dative feminine singular)
ristaða (dative neuter singular)
ristuðu (dative masculine plural)
ristuðu (dative feminine plural)
ristuðu (dative neuter plural)
ristaða (genitive masculine singular)
ristuðu (feminine genitive singular)
ristaða (genitive neuter singular)
ristuðu (genitive masculine plural)
ristuðu (feminine genitive plural)
ristuðu (genitive neuter plural)

ristað brauð


hnjóta

hnjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hnaut, third-person plural past indicative hnutu, supine hnotið)

hnaut (indicative past singular third-person)
hnutu (indicative past plural third-person)
hnotið (supine)
hnotinn (masculine nominative singular)
hnotin (feminine nominative singular)
hnotið (neuter nominative singular)
hnotnir (masculine nominative plural)
hnotnar (feminine nominative plural)
hnotin (neuter nominative plural)
hnotinn (accusative masculine singular)
hnotna (accusative feminine singular)
hnotið (accusative neuter singular)
hnotna (accusative masculine plural)
hnotnar (accusative feminine plural)
hnotin (accusative neuter plural)
hnotnum (dative masculine singular)
hnotinni (dative feminine singular)
hnotnu (dative neuter singular)
hnotnum (dative masculine plural)
hnotnum (dative feminine plural)
hnotnum (dative neuter plural)
hnotins (genitive masculine singular)
hnotinnar (feminine genitive singular)
hnotins (genitive neuter singular)
hnotinna (genitive masculine plural)
hnotinna (feminine genitive plural)
hnotinna (genitive neuter plural)
hnotni (masculine nominative singular)
hnotna (feminine nominative singular)
hnotna (neuter nominative singular)
hnotnu (masculine nominative plural)
hnotnu (feminine nominative plural)
hnotnu (neuter nominative plural)
hnotna (accusative masculine singular)
hnotnu (accusative feminine singular)
hnotna (accusative neuter singular)
hnotnu (accusative masculine plural)
hnotnu (accusative feminine plural)
hnotnu (accusative neuter plural)
hnotna (dative masculine singular)
hnotnu (dative feminine singular)
hnotna (dative neuter singular)
hnotnu (dative masculine plural)
hnotnu (dative feminine plural)
hnotnu (dative neuter plural)
hnotna (genitive masculine singular)
hnotnu (feminine genitive singular)
hnotna (genitive neuter singular)
hnotnu (genitive masculine plural)
hnotnu (feminine genitive plural)
hnotnu (genitive neuter plural)

From Proto-Germanic *hneutaną, related to hnjótur, hnot, hnúta, and hnöggva.

Drengurinn hnaut um steininn.

Hæsta takmark hugsjónar
haft í stiga aðeins var.
Að hnjóta um lífsins hála svið,
að hrasa og falla, en upp á við,

Stephan G. Stephansson, Fullkomleikinn ("The Perfectness")

Vision's highest goal
was only kept in stairs.
To trip over life's slippery stage,
to stumble and fall, but upwards,
are the empty traces of progress.

to stumble [with um (+ accusative) ‘over’]


víkka

víkka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative víkkaði, supine víkkað)

víkkaði (indicative past singular third-person)
víkkað (supine)
víkkaður (masculine nominative singular)
víkkuð (feminine nominative singular)
víkkað (neuter nominative singular)
víkkaðir (masculine nominative plural)
víkkaðar (feminine nominative plural)
víkkuð (neuter nominative plural)
víkkaðan (accusative masculine singular)
víkkaða (accusative feminine singular)
víkkað (accusative neuter singular)
víkkaða (accusative masculine plural)
víkkaðar (accusative feminine plural)
víkkuð (accusative neuter plural)
víkkuðum (dative masculine singular)
víkkaðri (dative feminine singular)
víkkuðu (dative neuter singular)
víkkuðum (dative masculine plural)
víkkuðum (dative feminine plural)
víkkuðum (dative neuter plural)
víkkaðs (genitive masculine singular)
víkkaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
víkkaðs (genitive neuter singular)
víkkaðra (genitive masculine plural)
víkkaðra (feminine genitive plural)
víkkaðra (genitive neuter plural)
víkkaði (masculine nominative singular)
víkkaða (feminine nominative singular)
víkkaða (neuter nominative singular)
víkkuðu (masculine nominative plural)
víkkuðu (feminine nominative plural)
víkkuðu (neuter nominative plural)
víkkaða (accusative masculine singular)
víkkuðu (accusative feminine singular)
víkkaða (accusative neuter singular)
víkkuðu (accusative masculine plural)
víkkuðu (accusative feminine plural)
víkkuðu (accusative neuter plural)
víkkaða (dative masculine singular)
víkkuðu (dative feminine singular)
víkkaða (dative neuter singular)
víkkuðu (dative masculine plural)
víkkuðu (dative feminine plural)
víkkuðu (dative neuter plural)
víkkaða (genitive masculine singular)
víkkuðu (feminine genitive singular)
víkkaða (genitive neuter singular)
víkkuðu (genitive masculine plural)
víkkuðu (feminine genitive plural)
víkkuðu (genitive neuter plural)

From earlier víðka, from víður (“wide”) + -ka.


randa

randa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative randaði, supine randað)

randaði (indicative past singular third-person)
randað (supine)
randaður (masculine nominative singular)
rönduð (feminine nominative singular)
randað (neuter nominative singular)
randaðir (masculine nominative plural)
randaðar (feminine nominative plural)
rönduð (neuter nominative plural)
randaðan (accusative masculine singular)
randaða (accusative feminine singular)
randað (accusative neuter singular)
randaða (accusative masculine plural)
randaðar (accusative feminine plural)
rönduð (accusative neuter plural)
rönduðum (dative masculine singular)
randaðri (dative feminine singular)
rönduðu (dative neuter singular)
rönduðum (dative masculine plural)
rönduðum (dative feminine plural)
rönduðum (dative neuter plural)
randaðs (genitive masculine singular)
randaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
randaðs (genitive neuter singular)
randaðra (genitive masculine plural)
randaðra (feminine genitive plural)
randaðra (genitive neuter plural)
randaði (masculine nominative singular)
randaða (feminine nominative singular)
randaða (neuter nominative singular)
rönduðu (masculine nominative plural)
rönduðu (feminine nominative plural)
rönduðu (neuter nominative plural)
randaða (accusative masculine singular)
rönduðu (accusative feminine singular)
randaða (accusative neuter singular)
rönduðu (accusative masculine plural)
rönduðu (accusative feminine plural)
rönduðu (accusative neuter plural)
randaða (dative masculine singular)
rönduðu (dative feminine singular)
randaða (dative neuter singular)
rönduðu (dative masculine plural)
rönduðu (dative feminine plural)
rönduðu (dative neuter plural)
randaða (genitive masculine singular)
rönduðu (feminine genitive singular)
randaða (genitive neuter singular)
rönduðu (genitive masculine plural)
rönduðu (feminine genitive plural)
rönduðu (genitive neuter plural)


liggja fyrir

Hann lá fyrir.


liggja í augum uppi

Það liggur í augum uppi.


liggja í því

Þarna liggurðu í því.


liggja vel á

Það liggur vel á mér.


liggja við

Líf mitt liggur við.


harka

harka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative harkaði, supine harkað)

harkaði (indicative past singular third-person)
harkað (supine)


anga

anga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative angaði, supine angað)

angaði (indicative past singular third-person)
angað (supine)

(intransitive) to smell pleasant, to give off a pleasant scent


lappa

lappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lappaði, supine lappað)

lappaði (indicative past singular third-person)
lappað (supine)
lappaður (masculine nominative singular)
löppuð (feminine nominative singular)
lappað (neuter nominative singular)
lappaðir (masculine nominative plural)
lappaðar (feminine nominative plural)
löppuð (neuter nominative plural)
lappaðan (accusative masculine singular)
lappaða (accusative feminine singular)
lappað (accusative neuter singular)
lappaða (accusative masculine plural)
lappaðar (accusative feminine plural)
löppuð (accusative neuter plural)
löppuðum (dative masculine singular)
lappaðri (dative feminine singular)
löppuðu (dative neuter singular)
löppuðum (dative masculine plural)
löppuðum (dative feminine plural)
löppuðum (dative neuter plural)
lappaðs (genitive masculine singular)
lappaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
lappaðs (genitive neuter singular)
lappaðra (genitive masculine plural)
lappaðra (feminine genitive plural)
lappaðra (genitive neuter plural)
lappaði (masculine nominative singular)
lappaða (feminine nominative singular)
lappaða (neuter nominative singular)
löppuðu (masculine nominative plural)
löppuðu (feminine nominative plural)
löppuðu (neuter nominative plural)
lappaða (accusative masculine singular)
löppuðu (accusative feminine singular)
lappaða (accusative neuter singular)
löppuðu (accusative masculine plural)
löppuðu (accusative feminine plural)
löppuðu (accusative neuter plural)
lappaða (dative masculine singular)
löppuðu (dative feminine singular)
lappaða (dative neuter singular)
löppuðu (dative masculine plural)
löppuðu (dative feminine plural)
löppuðu (dative neuter plural)
lappaða (genitive masculine singular)
löppuðu (feminine genitive singular)
lappaða (genitive neuter singular)
löppuðu (genitive masculine plural)
löppuðu (feminine genitive plural)
löppuðu (genitive neuter plural)


búa til

búa til (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bjó til, third-person plural past indicative bjuggu til, supine búið til)

bjó til (indicative past singular third-person)
bjuggu til (indicative past plural third-person)
búið til (supine)

Geturðu búið til nýjan lykil?

Hún bjó til fimm styttur og einn stól í skólanum.

She made five statues and one chair at school.

Barnið bjó til sögu um álfa og dreka.

The child made up a story about elves and dragons.


mætast

Bílarnir mættust í myrkrinu.


ota sínum tota

Literally, “reach out to one's own benefit”. The word toti occurs only in this expression.

lit

skara eld að sinni köku/skara eld að eigin köku

(idiomatic) to feather one's own nest/feather one's nest, to look out for number one


hugga

head

hugga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huggaði, supine huggað)

huggaði (indicative past singular third-person)
huggað (supine)

Ég hugga mig við það að hann þjáðist ekki.

I console myself with that that he didn't suffer.

Hún huggaði hann eftir að pabbi hans dó.

She comforted him after the death of his father.


samkjafta

samkjafta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative samkjaftaði, supine samkjaftað)

samkjaftaði (indicative past singular third-person)
samkjaftað (supine)

From sam- (“together”) + kjaftur (“mouth”).

Strákurinn samkjaftaði ekki alla ferðina.

The boy talked nineteen to the dozen the whole trip.

Hún samkjaftar aldrei.

talk nineteen to the dozen
talk nineteen to the dozen

(intransitive, chiefly in the negative) to shut up, to not talk nineteen to the dozen

Fiskurinn getur ekki samkjaftað.


kjafta

kjafta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kjaftaði, supine kjaftað)

kjaftaði (indicative past singular third-person)
kjaftað (supine)

Heldurðu að hann kjafti?

to tattle [intransitive or with dative ‘something’]


reddast

Ekki hafa áhyggjur. Þetta reddast.

to turn out well, (of an issue) to work itself out, to be alright


apa eftir

apa eftir (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative apaði eftir, supine apað eftir)

apaði eftir (indicative past singular third-person)
apað eftir (supine)

Literally, “to monkey after”. Compare Swedish apa efter.

Ekki apa þetta eftir bróður þínum.

+obj

to imitate, to ape [with accusative ‘in something’ and dative ‘someone’]


þegja þunnu hljóði

Literally, “to be silent with a thin hearing”, or more loosely translated as “to be silent with an ear so thin that one can listen well”.
The proverb is a reference to (quotation of) the seventh verse of the Hávamál, one of the books of the Poetic Edda.
the 7th verse of the Hávamál
* Hávamál verse 7 in updated (Icelandic) spelling
*: Inn vari gestur,
*: er til verðar kemur,
*: þunnu hljóði þegir,
*: eyrum hlýðir,
*: en augum skoðar;
*: svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.
* English
*: Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment
*: keep silent with sharpened hearing;
*: with his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes;
*: thus each wise man spies out the way.
* English
*: A guest should be courteous
*: When he comes to the table
*: And sit in wary silence,
*: His ears attentive, his eyes alert:
*: So he protects himself.
* English
*: The knowing guest
*: who goes to the feast,
*: In silent attention sits;
*: With his ears he hears,
*: with his eyes he watches,
*: Thus wary are wise men all.

webofscience

Icelandic Web of Science: Hvað þýðir að þegja þunnu hljóði og hvaðan er þetta orðatiltæki komið? (“What does þegja þunnu hljóði mean and whence does it originate?”)

open one’s big mouth
open one's big mouth#English

to hold one’s tongue, to say nothing even though one is divided or not happy about something; to be silent even though one is unreconciled, but be still unreconciled; to keep a watchful silence; to listen in breathless stillness (confer the English open one’s big mouth and bend the truth)