Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down116
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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoSo in bandaríkin, does “band” still have something to do with rope, string or something that “binds”? I’m thinking like “förbund” in swedish. So “united” is replaced with something bound together?
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months ago“Band” in this context means united. “Bandalag” means the same as “förbund” in Swedish, so yes you’re basically correct.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoCool. Thanks for elaborating.
So in bandaríkin, does “band” still have something to do with rope, string or something that “binds”? I’m thinking like “förbund” in swedish. So “united” is replaced with something bound together?
“Band” in this context means united. “Bandalag” means the same as “förbund” in Swedish, so yes you’re basically correct.
Cool. Thanks for elaborating.