Icelander
- noun
- /ˈaɪˌklændər/
- Then the only Icelander in the crowd walked over the Tiber River.
- sagas of Icelanders
Examples
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In that land of fire and ice, I found Icelanders who could tell me about the way the winters used to be.
Academic text (2006) -
Over the past 30 years, soil conservation efforts have changed the way Icelanders run their farms.
Academic text (2007) -
-The Icelander teaches us a lesson.
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" Thank God there were no Icelanders present," she said.
Fiction book (2002) -
Next, he told them the story of the two other Icelanders he had seen in Rome.
Fiction book (2002) -
Since the Icelanders were expecting such an event, however, no one was hurt.
Academic text (2002) -
According to the sagas, the first Icelanders were political refugees.
Academic text (2007) -
Why, if Icelanders are so little interested in church services, are they so universally interested in confirmation?
Academic text (1995) -
We must hope that, as a result, Icelanders will continue to live safely in the domain of these rumbling giants.
Academic text (2002) -
An Icelander named Bjorn shared traditional stories of his homeland during the festival.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Icelander comes from Iceland, which is made of ice and land and means 'ice land'. The ending -er means 'person from', so an Icelander is a person from Iceland.