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Usually you think of the fire department rescuing cats from trees, but in this case it was a raven who had gotten caught in some string and was hanging upside-down, helpless. The rescuers went up into the tree and managed to free the bird without incident. All in a day’s work for the Slökkvilið höfuðborgarsvæðisins! 🙂

Óvenjulegt útkall slökkviliðs
Unusual call for fire department

Slökkviðliðið á höfuðborgarsvæðinu sinnti óvenjulegu útkalli í Þingholtunum í Reykjavík í dag.

The capital-area fire department took an unusual call in Þingholt in Reykjavik today.

Tilkynning hafði borist um fugl sem var fastur í tré við gamla Borgarbókasafnið. Svo virðist sem krummi hafi fest sig í snærisspotta og hékk bjargarlaus á hvolfi. Körfubíll var notaður í verkið og tókst björgunin giftusamlega enda vanir menn á ferð.

A report had been received of a bird stuck in a tree near the old city library. It seemed that a raven had gotten tangled in a string and was hanging defenseless upside down. A bucket truck was used in the effort and the rescue went successfully, with experienced personnel on the job.

The verb að sinna takes the dative case (óvenjulegu útkalli óvenjulegt útkall). It seems to be used a lot in this context, of police/fire/rescue responding to a call.

I didn’t recognize hékk at first – að hanga has some interesting vowel shifts.

að sinna – to attend to
present past
ég sinni sinnti
þú sinnir sinntir
það sinnir sinnti
við sinnum sinntum
þið sinnið sinntuð
þau sinna sinntu
  
að hanga – to hang
present past
ég hangi hékk
þú hangir hékkst
það hangir hékk
við höngum héngum
þið hangið hénguð
þau hanga héngu

Also new for me was á hvolfi – upside down. It also supposedly means dead drunk 🙂

There are a lot of ways to translate körfubíll into English – also very common is cherry picker. Another possibility is basket crane. Regardless it’s an interesting combo of karfa (basket) and bíll (automobile).

Not completely sure about enda vanir menn á ferð, mainly the á ferð part, whether it might instead mean they were on their way (leaving).

Regardless, another exciting animal rescue in Reykjavík 🙂

sinna v (dat)            care for, attend to
krummi (m)               raven
snæri (n)                cord, string
spotti (m)               piece of string
bjargar·laus adj         helpless, defenseless
vera á hvolfi            be upside down
björgun (f)              rescue
vanur adj                experienced