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How many words are there in Icelandic?

It is impossible to say exactly how many words there are in Icelandic. Words are made every day, some of which may only be used once. These are usually compound words that are made because some event or object has to be instantly described, and there are no suitable existing words to choose from. Such words, whic...

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How many words are there in Icelandic for the devil?

It is difficult to say how many words there are for devil in Icelandic. Most of the known examples owe their existence to the fact that it was not considered proper to name the devil, so he was referred to by nicknames or by mutation of his name. In the Icelandic thesaurus the following words are listed under fjan...

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How did the Icelandic language start?

When Iceland was first settled in the 9th century, most of the settlers came from Norway, some of whom took slaves from Ireland en route. During the first centuries, the same language was spoken in Norway and Iceland, so there was little difference and the vocabulary was mostly Norse, with the exception of a f...

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Are portmanteau words frequent in Icelandic?

Portmanteau words are quite rare in Icelandic, and that kind of word formation is not a part of the regular way of making new words for the Icelandic vocabulary. I have asked quite many people, e.g. the lexicographers at the lexicographical department of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies and some ...

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Why do male last names in Icelandic end with -son instead of -sonur?

In Old Icelandic, when the word sonr formed the second part of a compound, i.e. Magnús-son, Sigurðs-son, the final -r (-ur) was dropped in nominative singular, and the same morphology is used in Modern Icelandic. E.g.: Nom. Magnús Sigurðsson (son(u)r) Acc. Magnús Sigurðsson (son) Dat. Magnúsi Si...

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What is the origin of the Icelandic language?

Icelandic belongs to the branch of the original indo-European known as Germanic. The Germanic languages divided early into three sub families: East Germanic is considered to comprise only one language, Gothic, which was spoken by the ancient race of Goths, and is now extinct. Sources about this can be found...

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Hver var þessi Murphy sem lögmál Murphys er kennt við?

Hið svonefnda lögmál Murphys (e. Murphy's Law) hljóðar svona á ensku:If anything can go wrong, it will.Á íslensku er hefð fyrir því að þýða það eitthvað á þessa leið:Ef eitthvað getur farið úrskeiðis, mun það gera það. Nokkrar tilgátur er á kreiki um hvers vegna lögmál þetta var eignað manni að nafni Murphy og ei...

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How far into the sky does the light from Yoko Ono's Peace Tower travel?

The short answer is that there is no particular limit to the distance it travels. If we were out in space and inside the ray of light, and there were no clouds between us and the light source, we could see it, either with the naked eye or with the appropriate equipment. With sufficiently good equipment, we would...

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Hver kom inn um baðherbergisgluggann?

Það eru væntanlega ýmsir sem hafa farið inn um baðherbergisglugga en eitt af lítt þekktari Bítlalögum er She Came in Through the Bathroom Window. Paul McCartney samdi lagið, þó John Lennon sé titlaður meðhöfundur. Það er að finna á plötunni Abbey Road sem kom út árið 1969 og er hluti af syrpu af hálfkláruðum lögum...

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Hvernig þróaðist heilinn í hryggdýrum?

Talið er að hryggdýr hafi komið fram fyrir um 500 milljónum ára. Mikil tegundaútgeislun (lesa má um tegundaútgeislun í svari sama höfundar við spurningunni Hvað geturðu sagt mér um þróun apa?) varð meðal fiska fyrir um 400 milljónum ára og um 50 milljónum árum síðar varð mikil fjölgun nýrra tegunda meðal frosk- og...

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Hafa fundist einhverjar líffræðilegar skýringar á einhverfu?

Einhverfa er röskun sem hefur víðtæk áhrif á líf fólks. Fólk með einhverfu á oft erfitt með að tjá sig, það getur átt í erfiðleikum með að mynda tengsl við aðra og bregst ekki alltaf á viðeigandi hátt við ýmsum áreitum í umhverfinu. Sumt fólk með einhverfu getur tjáð sig og hefur eðlilega greind, aðrir læra hugsan...

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