| yacht {n} (slick and light ship)
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:: snekkja {f}
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| yaffingale {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker
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::
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| yaffle {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker
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::
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| yaffler {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker
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::
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| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes
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::
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| yak {n} (ox-like mammal)
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:: jakuxi {m}
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| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato
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::
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| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato
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::
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| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze
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::
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| Yangtze {prop} (river)
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:: Jangtse
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| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon)
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:: Jánde
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| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica
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::
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| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving)
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:: garn {n}
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| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath)
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:: geispa
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| yawn {v} (to present a wide opening)
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:: gapa
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| yawn {n} (the action of yawning)
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:: geispi {m}
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| yay {interj}
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:: jei, vei
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| yeah {particle} (yes)
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:: já
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| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun)
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:: ár
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| yearly {adj} (happening once every year)
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:: árlegur, árviss
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| yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
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:: ger {n}
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| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck
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::
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| yell {v} (shout (verb))
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:: hrópa, öskra, gala
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| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour)
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:: gulur
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| yellow {adj} (lacking courage)
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:: huglaus
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| yellow {n} (colour)
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:: gulur {m}
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| yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow)
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:: gulna
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| yellow card {n} (card in sports)
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:: gult spjald {n}
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| yellowish {adj} (somewhat yellow)
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:: gulleitur
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| yellow-legged gull {n} (Larus michahellis)
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:: klapparmáfur {m}
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| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen)
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:: Jemen {n}
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| yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency)
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:: jen {n}
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| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia)
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:: Jerevan
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| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)
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:: já
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| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement)
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:: jú
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| yesterday {n} (day before today)
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:: gærdagur (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn; the adverb í gær is much more frequently used than the noun equivalent)
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| yesterday {n} (the recent past)
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:: gærdagur {m} (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn)
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| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today)
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:: í gær
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| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night
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::
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| yesteryear {n} (last year, see also: last year)
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:: í fyrra
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| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even
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::
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| yew {n} (Taxus baccata)
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:: ýviður {m}
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| yew {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Taxus)
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:: ýviður {n}
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| Yggdrasil {prop} (the world tree in Norse mythology)
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:: Yggdrasils
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| Yiddish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language)
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:: jiddíska
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| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish
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::
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| yield the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost
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::
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| yield up the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost
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::
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| yiff {interj} (sound a fox makes)
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:: gagg {n}
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| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina
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::
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| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac
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::
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| y'know {contraction} (short for you know)
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:: þúst
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| yodel {v} (to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto)
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:: jóðla
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| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline)
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:: jóga {n}
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| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
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:: jógúrt
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| yoke {n} (wooden bar)
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:: ok {n}
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| yolk {n} (yellow of egg)
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:: eggjarauða {f}, eggjablómi {m}
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| yonder {adv} (in a distant, indicated place)
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:: þarna
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| yore {n} (time long past)
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:: fyrir, langa, löngu
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| York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire)
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:: Jórvík {f}
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| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed)
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:: ykkur
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| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed)
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:: [familiar] þig, [polite, rare in modern Icelandic] yður
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| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)
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:: þið
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| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed)
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:: þú [familiar], þér [polite, rare in modern Icelandic]
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| you {pron} (one)
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:: maður, mann
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| you {determiner}
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:: þið
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| you {v} (to address using the more formal second-person pronoun)
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:: þéra
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| you and whose army {phrase} (you can't do all that on your own)
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:: þú og hvaða her?
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| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
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::
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| you are what you eat {proverb} (proverb)
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:: þú ert það sem þú borðar
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| you can't teach an old dog new tricks {proverb} (too old to change)
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:: það er erfitt að kenna gömlum hundi að sitja (teaching an old dog to sit is a daunting task)
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| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person)
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:: þú-veist-hver
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| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth)
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:: ungur
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| young {n} (offspring (plural))
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:: ungviði {n}
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| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner))
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:: þinn
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| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners))
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:: ykkar
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| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks)
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:: ekkert að þakka, það var ekkert, það var lítið, gjörðu svo vel, það er sjálfþakkað
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| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect)
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:: Yðar Hátign
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| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, singular)
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:: þinn
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| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, plural)
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:: ykkar
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| yo-yo {n} (toy)
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:: jójó {n}
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| ytterbium {n} (chemical element)
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:: ytterbín
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| yttrium {n} (chemical element)
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:: yttrín {?}
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| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust)
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:: oj
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| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans)
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:: Júgóslavía {f}
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| yule {n} (Yule) SEE: Yule
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::
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| Yule {prop} (the Christmas season)
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:: jól {n-p}
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| Yule log {n} (log burned on Christmas Eve)
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:: jóladrumbur {m}
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| Yule log {n} (log-shaped cake covered in chocolate)
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:: jóladrumbur {m}
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| yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
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:: uppi {m}
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