{"id":2908,"date":"2013-06-17T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T00:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2013-06-17T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T13:30:57","slug":"icelandic-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/icelandic-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fjallkonan\"<\/p>\n

June 17th is the Icelandic National Holiday<\/a>, when Iceland’s independence from Denmark is celebrated. The date is actually the birthday of J\u00f3n Sigur\u00f0sson<\/a>, who was an important part of the independence movement in the 19th century. This V\u00edsir article tells of some of the events going on for the big celebration \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The image to the left is the Lady of the Mountain (Fjallkonan<\/strong>), a personification in female form of Iceland. A woman in traditional Icelandic dress portraying the Fjallkona typically gives a speech or reads a poem on June 17th as part of the \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0ardagur<\/strong> celebrations.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00fd\u00f0ileg ve\u00f0ursp\u00e1 fyrir 17. j\u00fan\u00ed<\/strong><\/a>
\nSplendid forecast for June 17th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00dej\u00f3\u00f0h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0ardagur \u00cdslendinga, 17 j\u00fan\u00ed, ver\u00f0ur haldin h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0legur \u00e1 morgun. Fj\u00f6lbreytt dagskr\u00e1 ver\u00f0ur um land allt \u00ed tilefni dagsins og ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 l\u00edtur pr\u00fd\u00f0ilega \u00fat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Icelandic National Holiday, June 17th, will be celebrated festively tomorrow. There is a wide variety of events scheduled throughout the country in honor of the day, and the weather is looking splendid.<\/em><\/p>\n

\r\npr\u00fd\u00f0i\u00b7legur adj           splendid, excellent\r\nh\u00e1\u00b7t\u00ed\u00f0 f                  holiday, festival\r\nfj\u00f6l\u00b7breyttur adj         varied, many-sided\r\n\u00ed tilefni (af)            on the occasion of\r\n<\/pre>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur af n\u00f3gu a\u00f0 taka \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu \u00e1 morgun eins og venjulega \u00e1 \u00feessum h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0isdegi. H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0ardagskr\u00e1 \u00e1 vegum Al\u00feingins og Fors\u00e6tisr\u00e1\u00f0uneytisins ver\u00f0ur sett \u00e1 Austurvelli klukkan ellefu. \u00dear mun \u00d3lafur Raganar Gr\u00edmsson leggja bl\u00f3msveig fr\u00e1 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0inni a\u00f0 minnisvar\u00f0a J\u00f3ns Sigur\u00f0ssonar.<\/strong><\/p>\n
There should be plenty to take in around the capital area tomorrow as usual on this holiday. The program on the part of the Althing and President will take place at Austurv\u00f6llur at 11am. There Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will lay a wreath on behalf of the nation at the memorial of Jon Sigurdsson.<\/em><\/p>\n
\r\nr\u00e1\u00f0u\u00b7neyti n              ministry, department\r\nbl\u00f3m\u00b7sveigur m            wreath, garland\r\nminnis\u00b7var\u00f0i m            monument, memorial\r\n<\/pre>\n
\u00de\u00e1 fara tv\u00e6r skr\u00fa\u00f0g\u00f6ngur af sta\u00f0 klukkan eitt, ein fr\u00e1 Hlemmi og \u00f6nnur fr\u00e1 hagatorgi. Eftir \u00fea\u00f0 hefst fj\u00f6lbreytt dagskr\u00e1 \u00ed Hlj\u00f3msk\u00f3lagar\u00f0inum, \u00e1 Arnarh\u00f3li og \u00ed H\u00f6rpu \u00fear sem allir \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 finna eitthva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 sitt h\u00e6fi. Seinni partinn ver\u00f0ur haldi\u00f0 harmonikkuball \u00ed R\u00e1\u00f0h\u00fasinu og dansleikur \u00e1 Ing\u00f3lfstorgi auk fj\u00f6lda t\u00f3nleika um allan b\u00e6.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Then two parade will begin at 1pm; one from Hlemmur and the other from Hagatorg. After that begins a diverse series of programs at Hlj\u00f3msk\u00e1lagar\u00f0urinn, Arnarh\u00f3ll and Harpa, where there should be something to everyone’s liking. Later in the afternoon will be an accordion ball at City Hall, and a dance at Ing\u00f3lfstorg in addition to many other concerts throughout the city.<\/em><\/p>\n
I’m not sure about the “accordion ball”, that’s the closest word I could find, but it might mean something else \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\r\nskr\u00fa\u00f0\/ganga f             procession, parade\r\nh\u00e6fi n                    taste, liking\r\nharm\u00f3nika f               accordion\r\n<\/pre>\n
Ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 l\u00edtur \u00e1g\u00e6tlega \u00fat, en \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur sk\u00fdja\u00f0 og \u00feurrt \u00e1 su\u00f0ur og vesturlandi um h\u00e1degisleyti\u00f0 og hiti \u00ed kringum 12 stig. \u00dea\u00f0 mun \u00fe\u00f3 \u00feykkna upp \u00feegar l\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00e1 kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 og g\u00f3\u00f0ar l\u00edkur eru \u00e1 sk\u00farum h\u00e9r og \u00fear. \u00dea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur hl\u00fdjast fyrir nor\u00f0an, en \u00fear getur f\u00f3lk b\u00faist vi\u00f0 16 stiga hita.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The weather is looking spectacular, but it may be cloudy and dry in the south and west for the holiday, with temperatures around 12 degrees. It may become overcast getting on towards evening with a good chance of the shower here and there. Warming should occur in the north, where a temperature of 16 degrees can be expected.<\/em><\/p>\n
The verb a\u00f0 \u00feykkna<\/strong> means to thicken<\/em>, but in the phrase \u00feykkna upp<\/strong> it takes on the meaning of the sky becoming overcast.<\/p>\n
If you are from the U.S. like me, keep in mind that temperature is in Celsius, so it’s actually going to be a pretty nice day when they say 12 degrees \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\r\nsk\u00fdja\u00f0ur adj              cloudy\r\n\u00feurr adj                  dry\r\n\u00feykkn\/a v (-a\u00f0i)          thicken\r\nsk\u00far f                    rain shower\r\nhl\u00fdj\/a v (dat)            warm\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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