Wiktionary:Requested entries (Icelandic)

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Non-letter

• -erni - see salerni
• -verji - see Þjóðverji
• -skur, -iskur - see spænskur
• -an - see -un
• -ill - see trefill
• -du, -ðu, -tu, -u - enclitic forms of þú (“you”).
• -skapur - from Old Norse -skapr
• -lendingur - see útlendingur
• -gjafi - see gestgjafi
• -ka - see harka (Update, not sure if this suffix is productive in Icelandic)
• -leikur - see -leiki
• -ingi - see svertingi
• -son - see Ásgeirsson
• -s - see English Oskarsdottir
• -ska, tízka - see tíska
• -na - see hérna

a, A

• afdrifalaus m or f, afdrifalaust n embryomystic (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• allslaus m or f, allslaust n embryomystic (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• alsaklaus m or f, alsaklaust n embryomystic (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• alvitlaus m or f, alvitlaust n embryomystic (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• arfavitlaus m or f, arfavitlaust n embryomystic (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• augasteinn - eyeball or pupil?
• aldregi, aldri - archaic forms of aldrei (“never”)
• aldrei framar (“never again”)
• augnahár - alternative form of augnhár
• augn (“ophthalmic, ocular, optic, ophthalm-, ophthalmo-, ophthalm-, ocul-, oculo-”) - see augnhár
• afabarn
• Arnarvatnsheiði or Arnavatnsheiði? - A place in Iceland
• Alviðra

á, Á

• ámælislaus m or f, ámælislaust n embryomystic (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• ádeila
• álfa (“continent”)
• árbítur (“breakfast”)
• Ásrún - female given name

b, B

• búa yfir "Baldur er grunaður um að hafa búið yfir upplýsingum um stöðu Landbankans vegna stöðu sinnar sem Nefndarmaður í samráðshopi um fjármálastöðugleika sem markaðurinn hafði ekki." Wisapi 16:26, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
• bragða - to taste
• bessi - male bear? Found at bessadýr; the page exists, but no entry is Norse.
• brugðningur - see laski
• brá, bráhár - from Old Norse brá, brá is blue but missing entry for "eyelash"
• bökun - something to do with baking
• borðdúkur
• bangsi - related to Norwegian Bokmål bamse
• blómstur - see Old Norse blómstr
• bukkur, bokkur - from Old Norse bukkr/bokkr
• bæki - see Old Norse bók (“beech”)
• bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”) - see Danish bille (“beetle”)
• blakkur - see blökkumaður
• Bríet - a given name
• blaðka

d, D

• draga úr "eitthvað draga úr með tíð og tíma" to dwindle with time -- Wisapi 21:50, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
• dagverður, dögurður - see Old Norse dagverðr
• darraður, darr, dör - see Proto-Germanic *darōþuz
• deigla - from Old Norse digull
• dikt - from Old Norse dikt
• dínamít - dynamite
• doðra - see Icelandic doði
• draf - from Old Norse draf
• dríta - from Old Norse dríta
• drótt - from Old Norse drótt
• dulúð - mentioned in Icelandic dul
• dytta - from Old Norse dytta
• Dáinn - from Old Norse Dáinn

e, E

• eiða - mother? see Proto-Germanic *aiþį̄
• einmánuður - a month
• Elfar - a surname

f, F

• fjarstýrður
• fákeppni
• fasteignaveð
• fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”)
• feyra - mentioned in veira
• ferðakort
• flatkaka
• flatbrauð
• Frónbúi - Icelander (poetic)
• Finnur - missing sense from Old Norse finnr? Blue due to sense from Old Norse Finnr but missing exonym
• franki - a Frank
• frauður - something with frog?
• Frísi, Fríslendingur - see English Frisian
• frauki

g, G

• geðsjúkrahús (“mental hospital”)
• geðspítali (“mental hospital”)
• granaldin (“pineapple”)
• guður - see Old Norse guðr
• græna - see Icelandic spanskgræna
• genta - see Old Norse genta
• gollurshús (“pericardium”) - related to Old Norse gollurr
• gor - see Icelandic gormur

h, H

• hundsvirði — See virði
• hjálmgras - the weed called hemp-nettle
• heggur - from Old Norse heggr
• hebrei - Hebrew
• hlóðir - fireplace?
• haustmánuður - a month
• húrra - hurray
• Hjörleifsson - a surname
• Hrafnsson - a surname

i, I

• inná "Þú getur greitt fyrir bækurnar með kreditkorti eða millifærslu inná bankareikning hjá okkur." Wisapi 16:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
• innstæða
• innrétta - to furnish
• töggur - “Ofstopamenn óðu um landið og reyndu að þröngva almenningi til að kalla karamellur töggur."

í, Í

• íkveikjuæði - pyromania

j, J

• jálkur - something with horse
• Jólnir - a volcanic island and another name for Odin
• Jóhannsdóttir - a surname

k, K

• kjalast (við) - take care
• kván, kvon, kvæn - all three mentioned in Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“wife”), as descendants of Old Norse kvæn and/or kván
• kveinka - related to kveina
• kylur - mentioned in *kaliz (“cold, coldness”)
• knífur - mentioned in hnífur
• kappalið
• kati, ketla - both mentioned in English kettle
• kaupangur (“marketplace”) - from Old Norse kaupangr
• krókstafur - native Icelandic word for bagall (“crosier”)
• kútter - a sailboat?
• korgur - see Icelandic gormur

l, L

• landabrugg
• lúffa - missing sense of "mitten", also etymology for both.
• léna - see Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną

m, M

• málstöð
• morgungráminn "Morgungráminn er besti tíminn fyrir grágæsaveiðar að hausti." Wisapi 20:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
• móðuharðindin: "mist hardships"; see Laki#Consequences_in_Iceland
• mígildi - a pissoir?
• móna (“mother”) (obsolete, children's speech)
• mörk - from Old Norse mǫrk
• mið - see Icelandic miðvikudagur
• mjaltur - see Old Norse mjaltr
• mjólkur, milkur - see Proto-Germanic *melkaz and Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-
• mor - from Finnish mura
• milska - see English mulch

n, N

• náðargjöf
• netverslun
• námsefni (“study material”)
• -neskur
• Nóra - female given name
• nefni - see örnefni

o, O

• ofan yfir
• olnbogabarn

ó, Ó

• Ómar - male given name
  • Ómarsson
  • Ómarsdóttir
• Óskarsdóttir

p, P

• pitsa
• póstfang

r, R

• Ratatoskur
• reysta - see Proto-Germanic *raustijaną
• Ragnarsson - a surname
• Regína - a given name
• raufari - see English reaver

s, S

• skeggmeiti
• seppi - mentioned in hundur
• skriðill
• sakka
• snerkja
• sölur - see Proto-Germanic *salwaz
• skrýtilegur, skrýtilyrði & skrýtla - see skrýtinn
• snubba - to cut / make shorter
• sopi - soup? from Old Norse sopi
• sólmánuður - a month
• spírall - see Icelandic gormur
• sví-dái (“dead (of natural causes, for farm animals)”) - see Estonian tõbi
• skyndiminni - it means cache, as in a computer. But I'm curious if it also means geocache.
• skro - see Faroese skrá (Etymology 2)
• snjár - see Old Norse snor

t, T

• túndagslátta and the rest of Icelandic units of measurement!
• tækur - related to taka
• tvítóla, tvítólaður, tvítóli - hermaphrodite
• Týsdagur - see Icelandic þriðjudagur
• tvímánuður - a month
• táta - see Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“dad, father”)
• tyr- - see Icelandic tor-

u, U

• ugglegur
• upplifa - to experience

v, V

• varahlutir - plural of varahlutur
• vágestur BigDom 17:51, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
• Veraldarvefurinn - World Wide Web
• vippa
• vefskriðill
• vefkönguló
• vöttur - see vettlingur
• verzlun - alternative form of verslun
• vefstjóri
• véstöng - flagpole? Not sure how vé fits in
• vellíðan
• Vindur - see Proto-Germanic *winidaz

þ, Þ

• þar með including, thus? "Einhver er þar með horfinn, farinn" somit Wisapi 21:59, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
• Þorramatur
• þökk fyrir - thank you
• þurs
• þurrskór
• þöngull - see þöngulhaus (“idiot”)
• þunga - see þungun (“pregnancy”)
• Þórsdagur - see Icelandic fimmtudagur
• Þorfinnur - a given name

æ, Æ

• æðri menntastofnun - It's said to mean academy in some sense.

ö, Ö

• ömmubarn
• örvínan (“vinegar”) - "Edik (kallað „örvínan“ í miðaldaheimildum) er ediksýra blönduð vatni ..."