What does fjós in Icelandic mean?
What is the meaning of the word fjós in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fjós in Icelandic.
The word fjós in Icelandic means stable, cowshed. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word fjós
stablenoun (stable for oxen, cows, cattle) |
cowshednoun |
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Sumir maurar halda blaðlýs sem búpening, mjólka úr þeim sæta hunangsdögg og reisa jafnvel fjós yfir þær. Some ants keep aphids as livestock, milk sugary honeydew from them and even build barns to shelter them. |
Austan megin við húsið var fjós, hænsnahús og salerni. Adjacent to this was a wood shed and a toilet. |
En um morguninn er konur koma í fjós þá eru þar særðar níu kýr til bana. But in the morning, when the women went to the byre, they found there nine cows wounded to death. |
Ef ekki er mjólk í kælinum förum við út í fjós að sækja hana. If there is no milk in the fridge, we just go out to the barn to get some. |
Um árabil var hér líka rekið svokallað opið fjós og húsdýragarður með flestum íslensku húsdýrunum. For a few years, the farm also operated as an open farm and a petting zoo with most of the Icelandic domestic animals. |
Um árabil var hér líka rekið svokallað opið fjós og húsdýragarður með flestum íslensku húsdýrunum. Heyskapur var lengst af hefðbundinn þurrkun heys á velli, það hirt laust og blásið inni í hlöðu. Síðustu árin var rúllutæknin einnig notuð talsvert og kornrækt hafin. For a few years, the farm also operated as an open farm and a petting zoo with most of the Icelandic domestic animals. For most of the time the haymaking was conventional field drying but in the last few years of operation, round bales replaces the conventional field drying and experimental barley production began. |
Torfbærinn Stofa frá 1896, svefnherbergi frá 1838, búr frá um 1850, eldhús frá um 1880, baðstofa frá 1895, skemma frá um 1830, krossbyggt fjós frá um 1880 og eldsmiðja frá um 1950. The parlour dates from 1896, bedroom from 1838, pantry from about 1850, kitchen from about 1880, baðstofa (communal room where the household slept, ate and worked) from 1895, storehouse from 1830, cattleshed from about 1880, smithy from about 1950. |
En um morguninn er konur koma í fjós þá eru þar særðar níu kýr til bana. But on the morrow when women came to the byre, lo! nine cows wounded to death. |
Í hundruðir ára hafði hann óáreittur getað stundað þá iðju sína að læðast með giljum heim að bæjum, laumast inn í fjós og næla sér í fötu fulla af kúamjólk til þess að fleyta froðunni ofan af, án þess að neinn sæi til. En nú voru aðrir tímar. For hundreds of years he had been able to practice his habit of hiding in gullies, sneaking into cowsheds and stealing buckets filled with cow’s milk. He had been able to drink the creamy froth on top without anyone noticing. But times had changed. |
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