Icelandish

English Etymology From en enm *Islandish, enm *Islondisch, equivalent to en Iceland ish. Compare nl IJslands, de Isländisch, da islandsk, is íslenskur. Pronunciation en en-us-ne-icelandish.ogg US Proper noun en rare dated _ outside linguistic and puristic _ usage Icelandic North Germanic tongue; Iceland's official language. en 1903 United States Catholic Historical Society Historical Records and Studies Some geographical manuscripts written in the Icelandish language in the fourteenth or fifteenth century, and based in part on the statement of the Abbot Nicholas of Thingeyre, who died in 1159 A.d., according to Storm, Werlauff, and Rafn, also bear early witness to the discovery of Vinland by Leif Ericson, to Leif's Christianizing Greenland, and to the establishment of an episcopal see in Gardar. en 1911 The Missionary review A short time ago open war broke out between the two elements over the new translation of the Bible into the Icelandish language, which had been prepared by Haraldus Nielsson, a teacher in the Theological Seminary at Reykjavik, [...] Synonyms en Icelandic Translations Icelandic Adjective Icelandic of or relating to the North Germanic language spoken in Iceland. Icelandic of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland. en 1905 John Daniel Crimmins Irish-American historical miscellany And another Icelandish writer of the tenth century records that, about thirty years afterwards, a vessel with a mixed crew of Irishmen and Icelanders was carried off the west coast of Ireland by an easterly wind to this western land called in the record: "Great Ireland"; [...] Icelandic of, relating to, or originating from Iceland. en 1895 George Augustus Sala The life and adventures of George Augustus Sala Once a year His Excellency came to St. Petersburg, on leave of absence; but, according to the showing of the crusty cicerone, the young person of Icelandish extraction was as cold as the country of her birth, [...] Translations Icelandic en Languages Iceland