Sunday, May 9, 2010

Conversations, News

Nú - now
Skulu - shall, must, need, will, let us
Mæta - meet, appear, turn up
Fleiri - more
Klisja - cliché, printing plate
Manneskja - human being, person
Miður - worse, less
Húsdýr - domestic animal, pet
Ofnæmi - allergy
Vara - warn
Sleikja - lick
Einasti - only, single
Gagn - use, data, documents, evidence
Skikkanlegur - amenable, decent, well-behaved, reasonable, presentable
Sennilegur - probable
Treysta - strengthen
Helgi - weekend
Náið - closely, exactly
Vona - hope
Stafli - stack, pile
Redda - fix
Frír - free, unhindered
Frí - vacation, holiday
Teitur - cheerful, bright, gay
Ritgerð - essay, thesis, monograph
Sjálfsagður - self-explanatory, obvious, self-evident
Allavega - in all ways, in different ways, anyway
Þangað - there
Opnun - opening
Hósta - cough
Ræna - consciousness, awareness
Fram - forward, towards
Lax - salmon
Laxá - salmon river
Dauður - dead, passed out from drinking, numb
Þar sem - as, since
Labba - walk slowly, stroll
Lifandi - alive, living
Fljótlega - soon
Fiskifræðingur - ichthyologist
Líklegur - probable, promising
Skýring - explanation
Elli - old age
Lón - lagoon
Vetra - become winter
Gjarna, Gjarnan - gladly, readily
Straumur - current, electricity
Feðgar - father and son
Veiðimálastofunun - Institute of Freshwater Fisheries
Þá - at that time, then

Conversations/Phrases
Hlakka til að sjá þig - I look forward to seeing you

News:
Rænulitir laxar eftir veturinn (Another article I don't trust myself to translate in the slightest bit)

The words were taken from a meet-up message/comments to plan a party, and that news article.

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