English to afrikaans meaning of

iceland

Ysland is 'n Nordiese eilandland wat in die Noord-Atlantiese Oseaan geleë is, met 'n bevolking van ongeveer 350 000 mense. Die woord "Ysland" kan ook verwys na die landmassa van die land self, wat hoofsaaklik uit gletsers, berge en vulkaniese terrein bestaan. Daar word vermoed dat die naam "Ysland" ontstaan het van die eerste Noorse setlaars wat in die 9de eeu op die eiland aangekom het, wat dit "Ísland" genoem het, wat "land van ys" beteken.

Sentence Examples

  1. Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Wodin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the were-wolves themselves had come.
  2. We sailed the long way to England, passing by Iceland.
  3. I did not know whether they had come to sow a crop of winter rye, or some other kind of grain recently introduced from Iceland.
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