{"id":2076,"date":"2013-04-25T05:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T05:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2013-09-17T18:45:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T18:45:59","slug":"sumardagurinn-fyrsti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/sumardagurinn-fyrsti\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumardagurinn fyrsti"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Harp\"<\/p>\n

Sumardagurinn fyrsti<\/a><\/strong> is celebrated as the first day of summer in Iceland, a tradition dating back to the use of the Old Norse calendar, which had six months of winter and six months of summer. It occurs on the first Thursday after April 18th, and marks the start of the month of Harpa<\/strong>. Icelandic folklore says that if winter and summer freeze together, there will be a good summer, i.e. if the temperature drops below freezing the night before.<\/p>\n

I was listening to H\u00e1degisfr\u00e9ttir on Wednesday and caught a bit of the discussion about the first day of summer; in the description of the podcast episode is the following blurb:<\/p>\n

“Hr\u00ed\u00f0 vi\u00f0 sumarkomu er talin bo\u00f0a gott sumar samkv\u00e6mt gamalli \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0tr\u00fa. \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingur segir a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 viti l\u00edka \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0a uppskeru.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A snowstorm right before summer is thought to bode well for a good summer according to old folktales. A folklorist says it is also an omen for a good harvest.”<\/em><\/p>\n

You see the prefix \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0<\/strong> in two words above; it means people<\/em> or nation<\/em>, and is used in the same sense as folk<\/em> in English.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 bo\u00f0a – to bode, portend<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nbo\u00f0a<\/td>\nbo\u00f0a\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nbo\u00f0ar<\/td>\nbo\u00f0a\u00f0ir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nbo\u00f0ar<\/td>\nbo\u00f0a\u00f0i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nbo\u00f0um<\/td>\nbo\u00f0u\u00f0um<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nbo\u00f0i\u00f0<\/td>\nbo\u00f0u\u00f0u\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nbo\u00f0a<\/td>\nbo\u00f0u\u00f0u<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 vita – to know<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nveit<\/td>\nvissi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nveist<\/td>\nvissir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nveit<\/td>\nvissi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nvitum<\/td>\nvissum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nviti\u00f0<\/td>\nvissu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nvita<\/td>\nvissu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

There are two different verbs used to express the same idea, that of portending or predicting. The verb a\u00f0 bo\u00f0a<\/strong> looks similar to the English word bode<\/em>, and is easy to recognize. The other expression is a\u00f0 vita \u00e1 + accusative<\/strong> – to be an omen for something.<\/p>\n

\r\n\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0\u00b7tr\u00fa f (-ar)\t\tfolk belief\r\na\u00f0fararn\u00f3tt\t\t\tthe night before\r\nhr\u00ed\u00f0 f \t\t\t\tsnowstorm\r\nupp\u00b7sker\/a f (-u,-ur)\t\tharvest, crop\r\nh\u00e1\u00b7t\u00ed\u00f0 f \t\t\tcelebration, festival\r\nt\u00edma\u00b7tal n (-s)\t\t\tcalendar\r\n<\/pre>\n
Gle\u00f0ilegt sumar!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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