Icelandic Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

In Icelandic, as in English, the forms of some words vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom and marry—marries—married are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. For example:  

Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. Words were written as they sounded. Because Iceland was under Danish rule so long, and because many officials were Danish or had been educated in Denmark, Danish influence was prominent in vocabulary and style until the late eighteenth century.  

|''b'' used for ''p ''

|''i'' used for ''j ''

|''c'' used for ''k ''

|''f'' used for ''v ''

|tuttugasti og fimmti

|tuttugu og sex

|tuttugasti og sjötti

|andaður, andaðir (plural)

|mentally deficient, weak-minded

|á morgun

|egta barn

|deceased, dead (female)

|inflammation, agitation