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> fjord Hvalsey, which means “Whale Island” Is this a correct translation? I thought fjord meant inlet.
by ch4s3 10y ago
> fjord Hvalsey, which means “Whale Island”
Is this a correct translation? I thought fjord meant inlet.
- pizzetta 10y agoFjiord means firth (sea bay, strait, inlet, maybe even sound, etc.) Fixed misspelling of strait.
- ch4s3 10y agoInteresting, I didn't know about "sea bay" as a translation, thanks.
- wyldfire 10y agoFYI this synonym in English is written "strait" (it is an easily-confused homophone with "straight.")
- kpil 10y agoFjord or Fiord is more or less the same word as Firth. It was spelled Firþ in old English. Not sure what's going on with the 'o'. It turned into Fjärd in Swedish. At least on the east coast.
- haukur 10y agoIn Icelandic (which hasn't changed much since the settlement of Iceland) it's "fjörður". In Old Norse it would've been "fjörðr".
- KSS42 10y ago"Hvalsey " means Whale Island according to Wikipedia.
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- KarlKnupphei 10y agoThe fjord was called "Hvalseyjarfjörðr" [1], the fjord of Hvalsey. The area is searchable in Google Maps, and in the middle of the fjord there is a characteristic island, perhaps Hvalsey itself. It is broad at one end and narrow at the other, like a whale. [1] Wikipedia.
- kpil 10y agoHvals ey => Whales isle. You may note that England have been invaded by the French, which caused them to forget how to spell.
- lutorm 10y agoIt refers to Hvalsey, I think. At least in Swedish, "val" is whale and "ö" (roughly pronounced "ey") island.
- flurdy 10y agoHval = Whale. Ey, a variant of Øy = island. Annecdote: Aliens v Predators storyline was about 'Bouvetoya Island'. As in Bouvet Island island.
- haukur 10y agoHvalsey, hvalur and ey are still correct in modern Icelandic.