Archive for January, 2017
Stumbling Through Strong Masculine Nouns, Or: There’s More Than One Good Way To Decline Posted by Meg on Jan 25, 2017
Today I’d like to introduce you to a new noun class. They’re generally called “strong” nouns, or masculine, feminine, and neuter II and III. I’m just going to go into masculine II and III nouns today. Fair warning: it’s a little dry. So the declension pattern you’ve likely seen so far is follows nouns…
Quirks of the Old Icelandic Calendar: Þorri, Bóndadagur, and Hopping On One Foot Posted by Meg on Jan 16, 2017
Þorri is the name of the fourth month of winter, according to the old Icelandic calendar (more on this later). It starts on a Friday – falling between the 19th and 26th of January, this year the 20th – and ends on the Saturday before the month known as Góa commences. Many of you may…
New Year, New Blogger, and Some Icelandic Poetry Posted by Meg on Jan 10, 2017
Hi everyone! I’m Meg, and I’ll be taking over the Transparent Icelandic blog in the new year (by the way, [síðbúið] gleðilegt ár!). And I decided I’d start this new blog with an introduction – a little about who I am and how I ended up in love with Icelandic. I’m currently on Fulbright in…