bylur hæst í tómri tunnu

Icelandic

Etymology

From the third-person present indictive bylur (“reverberates, resounds”) and hæst (“loudest”) and í (“in”) and the feminine singular dative tómri (“empty”) and the singular dative tunnu (“in a barrel”); literally meaning "it reverberates the most in an empty barrel".

Proverb

bylur hæst í tómri tunnu

1. (proverbs) empty barrels make the most noise; (the ignorant make the most noise)

See also

• einfaldur
• fákunnandi
• fákænn
• fávitur
• fávís
• flónskur
• heilalaus
• heimskur
• hugsunarlaus
• hyggjulaus
• kjánalegur
• óvitur
• vanvitur
• þekkingarsnauður