Icelandic words in connection with nature, and more
If you'd like to learn some Icelandic words in the context of nature, you can find a short list here.
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| alda |
wave;
hilly ridge |
fljót |
large river |
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jökulsá |
glacial river |
skógur |
forest |
| á |
river |
foss |
waterfall |
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kirkja |
church |
slétta |
plain |
| ás |
small hill,
ridge |
gata
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road, path, street |
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klettur |
rock, cliff |
staður |
place |
| bær |
farm, township |
gígur |
crater |
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kot |
small farm |
stapi |
bluff, crag |
| bakki |
river bank |
gil |
gorge, ravine |
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kvísl |
river, branch
of a river |
stræti |
street |
| bjarg |
cliff, rock |
gjá |
chasm, fissure |
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lækur |
brook |
strönd |
beach, coast, seashore |
| borg |
city; crag |
grunn |
shoal, shallow |
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laug |
warm spring; bath |
súlur |
mt peaks; columns |
| botn |
bottom/head
of fjord |
háls |
ridge, isthmus |
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lón |
lagoon |
tangi |
narrow peninsula |
| brekka |
slope |
hamar |
crag |
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melur |
gravel; barren plain |
tindur |
peak, summit |
| brú |
bridge |
heiði |
heath, moor |
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múli |
headland; spur |
tjörn |
small lake, pond |
| bunga |
rounded peak |
hlíð |
mountain side |
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mýri |
swamp |
tunga |
tongue (of land) |
| dalur |
valley, dale |
hnjúkur / hnúkur |
peak, summit |
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mörk |
forest, woods |
vað
(pl vöð) |
ford |
| djúp |
long inlet, deep |
höfði |
promontory |
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nes |
headland |
varða
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cairn |
drag
(pl drög) |
watercourse |
höfn |
harbour |
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núpur / gnúpur |
peak; spur |
vatn
(pl vötn) |
water; lake |
| drangur |
isolated column
of rock |
hóll |
rounded hill |
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oddi |
point; tongue of land |
vegur |
road, track |
| dyngja |
dome |
hólmur |
islet |
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ós |
estuary |
ver |
grassy spot |
| eiði |
isthmus |
holt |
stony hill |
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reykur |
smoke, steam |
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ey
(pl eyjar) |
island |
hraun |
lava field, lava |
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rif |
reef |
vík |
inlet, small bay |
| eyri |
delta, sandpit |
hryggur |
ridge |
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sandur |
sand(s) |
vogur |
inlet |
| fell |
mountain, hill |
hver |
hot spring |
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skagi |
peninsula |
völlur
(pl vellir) |
field, plain |
fjall
(pl fjöll) |
mountain |
hvoll |
hill |
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skarð |
mountain pass |
öræfi |
wilderness |
fjörður
(pl firðir) |
fjord |
jökull |
glacier |
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sker |
skerry |
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