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  2. Icelandic chicken - Wikipedia

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    The Icelandic chicken is a type of chicken from Iceland. Called íslenska hænan ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈistlɛnska ˈhaiːnan] , Icelandic chicken), Haughænsni ( [ˈhœyɣˌhainstnɪ] , pile chicken) or landnámshænan ( [ˈlantˌnaumsˌhaiːnan] , hen of the settlers) in the Icelandic language .

  3. Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu - Wikipedia

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    It has also been performed by the Swedish artist Nåid, Icelandic singer Ragnheiður Gröndal, and Belgian folk band Griff. [citation needed] In the film Zack Snyder's Justice League, “Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu” is sung by a group of Icelandic villagers as Arthur Curry / Aquaman dives into the ocean after meeting Bruce Wayne / Batman. The ...

  4. Þorrablót - Wikipedia

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    Þorrablót (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθɔrːaˌplouːt]; transliterated as thorrablot) is an Icelandic midwinter festival, named for the month of Þorri of the historical Icelandic calendar (corresponding to mid January to mid February), and blót, literally meaning sacrifice.

  5. Landvættir - Wikipedia

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    En er hann kom til landsins, þá fór hann vestr fyrir norðan landit; hann sá at fjöll öll ok hólar váru full af landvættum, sumt stórt en sumt smátt. King Harald told a warlock to hie to Iceland in some altered shape, and to try what he could learn there to tell him: and he set out in the shape of a whale.

  6. Hákarl - Wikipedia

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    Hákarl (an abbreviation of kæstur hákarl [ˈcʰaistʏr ˈhauːˌkʰa(r)tl̥]), referred to as fermented shark in English, is a national dish of Iceland consisting of Greenland shark or other sleeper shark that has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. [1]

  7. Hafgufa - Wikipedia

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    Hafgufa (Old Norse: haf "sea" + Old Norse: gufa "steam"; [2] [3] "sea-reek"; [a] [5] "sea-steamer" [6]) is a sea creature, purported to inhabit Iceland's waters (Greenland Sea) and southward toward Helluland. Although it was thought to be a sea monster, research suggests that the stories originated from a specialized feeding technique among ...

  8. Iceland sacks senior boss after his comments about Wales - AOL

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  9. Old Norse - Wikipedia

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    Written modern Icelandic derives from the Old Norse phonemic writing system. Contemporary Icelandic-speakers can read Old Norse, which varies slightly in spelling as well as semantics and word order. However, pronunciation, particularly of the vowel phonemes, has changed at least as much in Icelandic as in the other North Germanic languages.