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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