A FEW SUGGESTIONS ON THE PRONUNCIATION 

 OF ICELANDIC NAMES. 



Vowels. 



A. When short, as in English — e.g. ' Hafsiila ' (Gannet). 

 'A. Almost equal to o^v in English — e.g. 'gragas' (Grey 



Goose) = ' grow gowse. ' 

 I&. Like a long English i — gaes (Goose) = 'geis.' 

 E. As the short English e — sefond (Grebe) = 'sef-und.' 

 'E. Like the long English e in ' there.' 

 I. As in English — with a trifle more of e sound. 

 'I. Like ee — dilaskarfur (Shag) = 'deela sk.' 

 0. As in English, 'not.' 

 '0. The long English c, as in 'wrote.' 

 6. Like the French eu, the Danish 0, or the Swedish '6; 



orn (Eagle) = ' eurne ' in French. 

 XJ. Like our u in 'use.' 



'U. Like 00 ; Brimdiifa (Harlequin Duck) = 'brimdoofa.' 

 y. Like a short i, with which it is often interchangeable. 



The last example would be pronounced exactly the 



same whether spelt ' brym-' or ' brim-.' 

 AU. Like the French eu. Straumond (Harlequin) sounds 



like the French 'Streumund.' 

 EI\ Like Uiy' — BO that Reykja\^k is pronounced 

 EYJ' 'Raykyavik'; 'hei5i'='haythy.' 



