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Old 24th December 2003, 10:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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In Iceland it is tradtional to give presents on christmas eve, and I know someone Icelandic and have thus recieved presents and a card; the card reads Gledileg Jol (Missing out the accents) from santa in iceland etc... I was wondering what the icelandic part read; does anybody speak this IMHO beautiful but complicated language? And if so could you please give a translation?
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Old 25th December 2003, 12:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi there.

I think it means "Merry Christmas". http://www.flw.com/merry.htm
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I sent an email off to Viking Bastard, ENWorld's top Icelandic poster, regarding your questions. He'll probably reply fairly soon.
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Old 25th December 2003, 07:18 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I sent an email off to Viking Bastard, ENWorld's top Icelandic poster, regarding your questions. He'll probably reply fairly soon.
The site I linked to clearly says:

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Merry Christmas from FLW in 350+ languages!

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Icelandic - Gleđileg Jól ...
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The site I linked to clearly says:
I wasn't saying your site was wrong, I just figured since we have an Icelandic who hangs around on these boards he could also provide some additional context.
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Old 5th January 2004, 05:09 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Gleđileg Jól does indeed mean Merry Christmas. Jól bein' Yule,
the old norse holliday celebrating the shortest day of the year
(the 21st, well, 22nd every fourth year, 21st being my birthday
too, a regular Viking Prince of Darkness, eh?).

Sorry for not responding sooner, but I was without an internet
connection over the hollidays.
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Thanks guys, I asked the person and they said what you said.
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