{"id":2784,"date":"2013-06-10T15:36:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2013-06-11T14:07:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:07:26","slug":"row-your-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/row-your-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Row Your Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"row\"<\/p>\n

Four men are rowing from Norway to Iceland, with stops in the Orkney and Faroe Islands. It is not known whether this particular route has been taken before, but they will likely make it into the Guinness Book of World Records if they complete the journey. They hope to also raise awareness of the ties between Norway, Iceland, the Orkney and Faroe Islands.<\/p>\n

R\u00f3a yfir Atlantshafi\u00f0<\/strong><\/a>
\nRowing across the Atlantic<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Fj\u00f3rir r\u00f3\u00f0rarkappar, Einar \u00d6rn Sigurd\u00f3rsson, Ey\u00fe\u00f3r E\u00f0var\u00f0sson, Kjartan Jakob Hauksson og Svanur Wilcox, eru lag\u00f0ir af sta\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Siriv\u00e5g \u00ed Noregi \u00e1 s\u00e9rst\u00f6kum \u00fathafsr\u00f3\u00f0rarb\u00e1t, en \u00feeir \u00e6tla s\u00e9r a\u00f0 r\u00f3a alla lei\u00f0 til \u00cdslands me\u00f0 vi\u00f0komu \u00ed Orkneyjum og F\u00e6reyjum.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Four rowing champions, Einar Orn Sigurdorsson, Eythor Edvardsson, Kjartan Jakob Hauksson og Svanur Wilcox, have set off from Sirivag, Norway in a specialized ocean rowboat with the intention of rowing all the way to Iceland, with stops in the Orkneys and Faroe islands.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The verb for row<\/em> is easy to remember, being very similar to English, but the conjugation is quite irregular:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 r\u00f3a – to row<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nr\u00e6<\/td>\nreri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nr\u00e6r\u00f0<\/td>\nrerir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nr\u00e6r<\/td>\nreri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nr\u00f3um<\/td>\nrerum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nr\u00f3i\u00f0<\/td>\nreru\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nr\u00f3a<\/td>\nreru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Also don’t confuse it with another word r\u00f3<\/strong> (and verb r\u00f3a<\/strong>) that means calm, pacify. This is the source of the adjective r\u00f3\u00b7legur<\/strong> – calm, tranquil.<\/p>\n

“R\u00f3\u00f0urinn h\u00f3fst \u00feann 17. ma\u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0astli\u00f0inn \u00ed Kristiansand \u00ed Noregi. Lei\u00f0in sem \u00ed heild \u00e1\u00e6tla\u00f0 er a\u00f0 r\u00f3a er um tv\u00f6 \u00fe\u00fasund k\u00edl\u00f3metrar og ekki er vita\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 h\u00fan hafi veri\u00f0 r\u00f3in \u00e1\u00f0ur. R\u00f3\u00f0rarkapparnir komast \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed heimsmetab\u00f3k Guinness ef \u00feeim tekst a\u00f0 lj\u00faka r\u00f3\u00f0rinum, en tilgangurinn me\u00f0 honum auk \u00feess a\u00f0 vekja \u00e1huga \u00e1 tengslum \u00cdslands vi\u00f0 Noreg, Orkneyjar og F\u00e6reyjar.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The rowing began this past May 17th in Kristiansand, Norway. The plan for the entire journey is to row about 2000 kilometers, and it is unknown whether this has been done before. The rowers will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records if they complete the voyage, but in addition the goal is to raise interest in the ties between Iceland, Norway, the Orkneys and Faroes.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The verb vekja<\/strong> is seen a lot with \u00e1huga<\/strong>, as well as with athygli<\/strong>, where it can mean to point something out, draw attention to something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 vekja – to awaken, arose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nvek<\/td>\nvakti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nvekur<\/td>\nvaktir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nvekur<\/td>\nvakti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nvekjum<\/td>\nv\u00f6ktum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nveki\u00f0<\/td>\nv\u00f6ktu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nvekja<\/td>\nv\u00f6ktu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

What is it with Vikings and rowing across the Atlantic? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\r\nkappi m (-a,-ar)                 hero, warrior, champion \r\nr\u00f3\u00f0ur m (-rar,-rar)              rowing\r\nleggja af sta\u00f0                   set off\r\ns\u00e9r\/stakur adj (f -st\u00f6k)         separate, particular\r\n\u00fathaf n (-hafs,-h\u00f6f)             ocean\r\nvi\u00f0\u00b7kom\/a f (-u)                 stop, halt\r\n\u00e1\u00b7\u00e6tla v (acc) (-a\u00f0i)            estimate, plan, schedule \r\ntil\u00b7gangur m (-s)                goal, purpose \r\ntengsl n pl                      connection, link\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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