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Gaflari
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Icelandic
Etymology
From is gafl -ari gable. Originated during the Great Depression in Iceland Great Depression, when unemployed workers would wait by the gables of houses to see whether anyone needed work that day.is https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=52339 Af hverju eru Hafnfirðingar stundum kallaðir Gaflarar? Vísindavefurinn Guðrún Kvaran 2009-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20260411110626/https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=52339 11 April 2026
Noun
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is informal person from Hafnarfjörður
is Hafnfirðingur
Declension
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