{"id":4402,"date":"2013-11-22T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2013-11-22T06:07:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T06:07:25","slug":"no-need-to-hoard-kronur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/no-need-to-hoard-kronur\/","title":{"rendered":"No Need To Hoard Kr\u00f3nur"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure if the bank is just trying to scare British tourists to get them to buy kronur, but at first I thought maybe I wasn’t understanding the article correctly \ud83d\ude42 However it does seem that there are reports of a kronur shortage, at least in Britain. I tracked down the original article<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

\u00cdslenskar kr\u00f3nur \u00f3f\u00e1anlegar \u00ed Bretlandi<\/strong><\/a>
\nIcelandic kronur scarce in Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breskir fer\u00f0amenn, sem hafa hugsa\u00f0 s\u00e9r a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja \u00cdsland heim, eru hvattir til a\u00f0 hamstra gjaldeyri hi\u00f0 fyrsta \u00fear sem skortur s\u00e9 \u00e1 \u00edslenskum kr\u00f3num \u00ed landinu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

British travelers thinking of visiting Iceland are advised to stock up on the currency at once as there is a shortage of Icelandic krona in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u00f0 hvetja – to urge, encourage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\npresent<\/th>\npast<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9g<\/th>\nhvet<\/td>\nhvatti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fe\u00fa<\/th>\nhvetur<\/td>\nhvattir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fea\u00f0<\/th>\nhvetur<\/td>\nhvatti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vi\u00f0<\/th>\nhvetjum<\/td>\nhv\u00f6ttum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00fei\u00f0<\/th>\nhvetji\u00f0<\/td>\nhv\u00f6ttu\u00f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00feau<\/th>\nhvetja<\/td>\nhv\u00f6ttu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
kr\u00f3na (f)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nkr\u00f3na<\/td>\nkr\u00f3nur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nkr\u00f3nu<\/td>\nkr\u00f3nur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nkr\u00f3nu<\/td>\nkr\u00f3num<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nkr\u00f3nu<\/td>\nkr\u00f3na<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The expression s\u00e6kja heim<\/strong> was new for me as a way a saying visit<\/em>. The verb hamstra<\/strong> actually translates as hoard<\/em> in the dictionary, but is probably a little extreme in English. I thought here maybe “stock up” might be more appropriate.<\/p>\n

\u00cd breska dagbla\u00f0inu Daily Telegraph segir a\u00f0 M&S bankinn hafi vara\u00f0 vi\u00f0skipta s\u00edna vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 kr\u00f3nur kunni a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a \u00f3f\u00e1anlegar \u00e1 Bretlandseyjum innan t\u00ed\u00f0ar. Mikill fj\u00f6ldi Breta s\u00e9 \u00e1 lei\u00f0 til \u00cdslands \u00ed vetur til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 nor\u00f0urlj\u00f3sin og ekki s\u00e9 n\u00e6gur gjaldeyrir fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 alla \u00fear sem \u00edslensk stj\u00f3rnv\u00f6ld vilji hafa sem f\u00e6star kr\u00f3nur \u00ed umfer\u00f0 til a\u00f0 styrkja gengi\u00f0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The British newspaper Daily Telegraph reports that M&S Bank has warned its customers that the kronur could become scarce in Britain soon. Many Brits are going to Iceland this winter to see the Northern lights and there isn’t enough currency for them all, since the Icelandic government wants to have the fewest krona in circulation to keep up the exchange rate.<\/em><\/p>\n

The word f\u00e6star<\/strong> is the superlative form of f\u00e1r<\/strong> – few<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u00deegar bla\u00f0ama\u00f0ur Telegraph leita\u00f0i eftir uppl\u00fdsingum fr\u00e1 \u00edslenska sendir\u00e1\u00f0inu \u00ed Lund\u00fanum fengust \u00feau sv\u00f6r a\u00f0 h\u00e6gt v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 n\u00e1lgast kr\u00f3nur \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00ed skiptum fyrir erlendan gjaldeyri \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 bresk pund. \u00de\u00e1 s\u00e9 v\u00ed\u00f0ast hvar teki\u00f0 vi\u00f0 kortum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og au\u00f0velt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 finna hra\u00f0banka. Ekki er au\u00f0s\u00e9\u00f0 afhverju breskir fer\u00f0amenn \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hyggjur af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 komast ekki \u00ed \u00edslenskar kr\u00f3nur.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a Telegraph reporter sought information from the Icelandic embassy in London, they replied that it was possible to obtain krona in Iceland in exchange for foreign currency like the British pound. Credit cards are widely accepted in Iceland, and it is easy to find an ATM. It is unclear why British travelers should be concerned about obtaining Icelandic krona.<\/em><\/p>\n

The verb n\u00e1lgast<\/strong> here means to get or obtain<\/em> something, but can also mean to approach<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\r\nhamstra v (acc)                  hoard\r\ngjald\u00b7eyrir m                    foreign currency\r\nskortur m                        lack, shortage\r\n\u00f3\u00b7f\u00e1anlegur adj                  unobtainable, unavailable\r\ninnan t\u00ed\u00f0ar                      soon\r\nn\u00e6gur adj                        enough, sufficient\r\nf\u00e6stur                           fewest\r\ngengi n                          rate of exchange\r\nsendi\u00b7r\u00e1\u00f0 n                      embassy\r\nau\u00f0\u00b7s\u00e9\u00f0ur adj                    clear, obvious\r\n<\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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