#pollur

[briefbestiary]

Interestingly, hrosshvalur are also considered suitable allies for destruction-seeking sorcerers and witches due to their strong and aggressive nature.

[studyscrasic]

For the first day of the Word of the Day challenge (”rain”) I’m exploring some new rain-related phrases and vocabulary in my three main target languages!

Gàidhlig | Scottish Gaelic

trom-shileadh - (n. masc) - heavy rain/precipitation, a downpour gàth - (n. fem) - a torrent, a flood sgàil-uisge - (n. fem) - an umbrella ceòbhran - (n. masc) - a drizzle, drizzling rain an t-uisge a’ taomadh - pouring with rain

Deutsch | German

Lache - (n. fem) - puddle schütten - (v) - to pour, to pour down Wetteransager - (n. masc) - weather forecaster Meteorologie - (n. fem) - meteorology vor dem Regen schützen - to shelter from the rain

Íslenska | Icelandic

veðurspá - (n. fem) - a weather forecast pollur - (n. masc) - a puddle flóð - (n. neu) - a flood þrumuveður (n. neu) - a thunderstorm blautur - (adj) - wet

[fyndnarmyndir]

Pollur stökkvari Stúlkan leika í skóginum

[postrock-instrumental]

Stafrænn Hákon is an Icelandic band, playing a mixture of post-rock, ambient and electronica. "Pollur" is taken from their new album “Hausi”, released on September 18. Also available on vinyl via their Bandcamp.

shakon.bandcamp.com/album/hausi-2 spoti.fi/2xFPE0F facebook.com/stafraennhakon

[sprachtraeume]

🌱🌷🌺vorið - spring🌺🌷🌱

based on this post by the wonderful @malteseboy x

(nouns are in nominative singular, indefinite form before the dash, then the definite article; for full declension of the words visit bin.arnastofnun.is)

fiðrildi-ð - butterfly blóm-ið - flower pollur-inn - puddle fugl-inn - bird lamb-ið - lamb (icelandic has too many words for lambs/sheep) gras-ið - grass býfluga-n - bee maríubjalla-n - ladybug planta-n - plant regnbogi-nn - rainbow árstíð-in - season tré-ð - tree fæðing-in - birth regn-ið - rain froskur-inn - frog krókus-inn - crocus ylur-inn or hlýja-n - warmth hænuungi-inn - chick svartþr��stur-inn - blackbird sól-in - sun ljós-ið - light mars - March apríl - April maí - may júní - June

(masculine/feminine/neuter)

grænn/græn/grænt - green svalur/svöl/svalt - cool nýr/ný/nýtt - new hlýr/hlý/hlýtt - warm

að vakna - to wake up að ilma - to smell nice að vaxa - to grow að rækta - to grow (something) að þiðna - to melt að klekjast út - to hatch að fæðast - to be born

[flugurogskroksogur]

Vatn vikunnar – Litla Skálavatn Vatn vikunnar er á tilboði, tvö vötn í einu; Litla Skálavatn og Litla Skálavatns pollur í Veiðivötnum.

[amazonpostmusic]

Stafrænn Hakon - Hausi (2017):

Rafall

Duft

Straumur

Djákni

Strimill

Pollur

7/4 Önd

Hulsa

Gesta

Released: 18 September 2017

Origin: Reykjavík, Iceland.

Genres: Alternative, Ambient, Post-Rock.

Current members:

Ólafur Josephsson (guitar)

Árni Árnason (bass)

Lárus Sigurðsson (guitar)

Róbert Már Runólfsson (drums)

Magnús Freyr (vocals & guitar)

Information:

https://www.facebook.com/stafraennhakon

[suffocating-sight]

Blue sea...blue mountains. by joningic on Flickr.