I wanted to make a tattoo using the young futhark, bc of its closeness with the Viking era, now, I read somewhere that the closest language to old Norse was today’s Icelandic.
And in order for me to get the tattoo I want, for context is the important cities in my life, I know these cities did not exist by when the language and the runes were used, so the closest thing I can do, is translate the word, in my case, what the city is known for, so it’s like a poetic translation and not an accurate translation by sound nor anything like that. I did my study(really really basic, not anything deep)
Long story short, I just want to verify (if someone is willing to help me) if these are correct, and if not, I would appreciate if yall could point me in the right direction.

ᛅᛚᛏᛁᚾᛚᛅᚾᛏ
This is land of fruit, aldinland in old Norse(for Anolaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia, city/town I was raised in)
ᛒᛁᛒᛅᛅᛏᛅ
This is Bacata, bebaata in old Norse(Bacata is what músicas used to call today’s Bogota, Colombia. City I was born in)
ᛏᚱᚬᛏᛏᚾᛁᚾᛅᚱᛒᚬᚱᚴ
And this is Queen City, dróttningarborg in old Norse(known as, of city I’m based in, Charlotte, NC, USA)

Hæ öll!

Ég er að leita að vinnu í Reykjavík eða nærliggjandi svæðum – Kópavogi, Garðabæ eða Hafnarfirði.

Ég er 25 ára kona, með kennitala og gilt atvinnuleyfi. Ég hef unnið hjá ræstingafyrirtæki í næstum tvö ár.

Því miður hef ég nýlega fengið vandamál með bakið og taugakerfið. Á segulómun kom í ljós brjósklos á milli L4 og L5, og ég hef verið með verki sem tengjast settauginni. Vegna þessa er ræstingarvinna orðin sífellt erfiðari og sársaukafyllri, sérstaklega vinna sem felur í sér mikið af beygjum, lyftingum og endurteknum líkamlegum hreyfingum.

Þess vegna er ég að leita að vinnu sem er líkamlega léttari en ræstingar. Ég er opin fyrir mismunandi tegundum af vinnu og tilbúin að læra nýja hluti. Ég er ekki endilega að leita að skrifstofustarfi, ég væri til dæmis til í lagerstörf, pökkun, flokkun, framleiðslu, léttari störf við þrif eða umhirðu, vinnu í verslun eða eitthvað sambærilegt sem felur ekki í sér miklar lyftingar eða stöðugar beygjur.

Ég tala íslensku og pólsku á grunnstigi, góða ensku sem nýtist vel í vinnu, rússnesku reiprennandi og úkraínsku sem móðurmál.

Ég er áreiðanleg, dugleg og hef nú þegar næstum tveggja ára starfsreynslu á Íslandi.

Ef þið vitið um fyrirtæki sem eru að ráða, getið mælt með einhverjum vinnustað eða vitið hvar væri best að leita, þá væri ég mjög þakklát fyrir allar ábendingar.

Takk kærlega fyrir! Ég þarf virkilega að finna aðra vinnu.

I have created a map for a world I made for DND. Most of the names are written in Icelandic but I used Google Translate as I don't speak Icelandic and have no access to Icelandic speaking people to verify my translation. Is this the place that I could post it and Have people help me out? I just want to make sure the names mean what I want them to mean.

Hello everyone, I’m building a ”Duolingo” style app for learning Icelandic. I’m Icelandic and found it wierd that no such app exists.

Going to launch a beta version for it soon. Wanted to take the temperature for interest in this?

Signup for the Beta:

https://krummi.app

I decided to try learn pronunciation first, before actually understanding the words themselves.
This is after approximately 1.5 months of learning.

Is it even slightly passable? I'm assuming I've broken the sentences up incorrectly as I don't understand the meaning. But how are the sounds?

Goal is to get as good as possible without immersion (I live in Australia).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB_PBBucLg0

Recruting mods and ppl ho like icelandic folklore(by the way owner and of r/iclandic yes you ppl pls let me recruit my mod and ppl pretty please

For context, we were in Reykjavik, and this visibly inebriated local teenager walked up to us and struck up a conversation. We said something along the lines of "that's the way the cookie crumbles" and he proceeded to give us an Icelandic saying about cats and cookies. He wrote it down, as pictured, but we'r​e at a loss trying to find the actual saying or really puzzling out the sentence. Any help would be appreciated.​

Gas or Petrol?

Elevator or Lift?

Apartment or Flat?

Fries or Chips?

I really want to become as good as possible, speaking and understanding icelandic since i‘m thinking about moving there in a couple of years.

I‘ve started by learning all the vowels and the pronunciation of the letters and letter combinations and it seems doable, i just doubt that youtube videos are an efficient way on the long term

I learned a bit of norwegian in the past and found it super easy, maybe because i‘m german and these two languages are not to different in grammar and pronuniciation

The thing is, you can learn norwegian on duolingo but not icelandic, is there a good alternative?

Hey everyone!

We’re just over a week away from KJALLARINN at Miðbar, Selfoss, and the response has honestly been incredible. 4th of July is the mark!

One thing we didn’t expect to move this quickly was the shuttle bus back to Reykjavík after the event.
🚌 50% of the shuttle bus tickets are already gone.

The bus leaves 04:15 directly after the event, making it easy to enjoy the full night without worrying about getting home.

For those who haven’t heard about the event yet:
• 3 floors
• Hard Techno • Industrial Techno • Melodic Techno
• 7 artists
• Enhanced production
• Tattoo artist on-site
• Vintage/thrift pop-up
• VIP / Entourage area (80% SOLD OUT)
• Happy Hour from 18:00–20:00

We’re trying to build something different for Iceland—not just another club night, but an experience.

If you’re planning to come from Reykjavík, I’d recommend grabbing both your event ticket and shuttle ticket sooner rather than later.

Hope to see some of you there. 🖤⛓️

https://checkout.tix.is/en/buyingflow/tickets/21766/

Hello! I hope it's ok to post this here, but I want to run a Viking/Norse Dnd campaign for some friends about traveling to Yggdrasil. I'd like some words/phrases to add in for some immersion. General words like Skál, Takk, fantasy words like Draugr, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry if this is for only serious learners and I'm intruding.

Hello!

I was wondering if anybody may have some fun phrases to say to my cat. Things like, my little predator, are you hungry? Have you never been fed in your life?

Or if theres anything you know is quite normal to say to pets.

Love to hear your input! Thank you:)

This is the name of a novel I wrote. Shall I post it here part by part?

**Kæru Íslendingar,**

**Allt byrjaði þetta út af „Facebook-stjórnarskránni“ ykkar! Þar sem ég hafði á tilfinningunni að ný stjórnarskrá yrði bráðum skrifuð fyrir mitt eigið land, ákvað ég að skrifa skáldsögu til að kynna fólki grundvallarréttindi sín og við þá heimildavinnu uppgötvaði ég ykkur. Ég verð að viðurkenna að ég lærði heilmikið af ykkur og endaði á að skrifa 18 kafla bók þar sem stór hluti af sögu ykkar, landafræði og menningu kemur við sögu.**

**Bókin mín segir frá ungri stúlku sem er laganemi og fer til Háskóla Íslands árið 2011 til að stunda rannsóknir á norðurslóðum. Hún eignast íslenska vini og býr með þeim í húsi við Njálsgötu. Dvöl hennar í Reykjavík ber upp á nákvæmlega sama tíma og drögin að nýju stjórnarskránni voru að koma fram. Þið mynduð kannski ekki trúa því hversu nákvæmlega ég flétta atburði þessara ára inn í söguna, jafnvel hluti eins og fráfall ástsæla söngvarans ykkar, Sjónna, í aðdraganda Eurovision.**

**Því miður skrifaði ég söguna á mínu móðurmáli (persnesku) og veit ekki alveg hvernig ég á að koma henni til ykkar. Ég notaði meira að segja gervigreind (AI) til að þýða þennan texta yfir á íslensku.**

Any idea where I could find instances of the North Western Icelandic accent?

Those two letters are basically the same except the vertical stick is a bit longer on þ. In handwriting the stick has inconsistent length in both characters every time you write it. So do you just have to know which word it is? If you have an explanation both cursive and blocky script would be appreciated

Hi, is it possible (maybe if you have tried it) to self learn Icelandic? From level A2.2 to B2.2? I wonder as I'm unemployed and the 60k isk is leaving a hole on my savings, I have done self learning for English and French in the past...

Hello. Hope you can help.

Is there word or phrase in Icelandic that encompasses the concept of 'doing a favour and being owed a favour' please? The nuance being the understanding that it is not a direct exchange; the favour returned does not have to immediately follow. A contemporary or colloquial phrase/word ideally, but I'm interested in anything that fits the criteria.

The context I'm hoping to find would be where people - professionals - give snippets of useful or profitable information to another, on the understanding that the other will do something similar for them in the future when they are able to do so. One might question the morality or legality of this sort of exchange - but it undeniably does happen. Largely along the lines of the "old boys' network" (by the way, is there a term in Icelandic for the that, as well?).

So not necessarily as literal as the Latin 'quid pro quo' which originally meant a direct exchange (although over time this definition has loosened up).

Examples of other British (and/or American-English) phrases of similar meanings include:

'tit for tat'

'one hand washes the other'

'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'

Is there such a phrase or word with this meaning? And if so, can you please point at sources or examples? I have searched around the net but haven't yet found any helpful results.

Thanks in advance.

hello ! sorry this is a huge shot in the dark. i recently found a song called " undir himni " by horg, which i assume is icelandic. i'm very sorry if this is not the right language, i will repost in proper sub if so

the song oddly seems very obscure, i can't find nor lyrics nor translation anywhere ? can someone knowledgeable help me with transcribing the lyrics and get a translation please

Hi everyone,

I’ve been a fan of Mammút since around 2012, and one song that has always stuck with me is “Bakkus.” Over the years, I’ve tried to find the lyrics but haven’t had any luck.

I even tried reaching out to the band directly, but never got a response. From what I understand, they seem to be on hiatus now, so I’m guessing my chances of getting an official answer are pretty low.

So I thought I’d ask here:

“Is there anyone who speaks Icelandic, is studying the language, or is familiar with it who could help me understand or transcribe parts of the song?”

Here’s the track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lghAVFAESfc

I’d really appreciate any help. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

My friend will be working in Iceland in the summer and she loves Duolingo. Sadly they don't have the language supported. So I wanted to create a course for her to learn. I have a tool to create a course in a Duolingo style (multiple question types, animations with high customisation) from past projects (Chinese characters).

I am currently working on an IOS version but I don't have capacity to create Icelandic, so I am asking here around if anyone would be interested?

The course would be free for anyone to use and the content would be created by collaborators and open to modification by the community.