contribution - læsilegur — legible, readable - læsilegur — clear, decipherable, readable - illegible - document - dagblað, fréttablað — newspaper, paper - folio, leaf - multimedia, multimedia system - hypermedia, hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system - stiklutexti — hypertext - blaðamenn, blöðin, pressan — press, public press - grein, stykki, verk — piece - samhengi — context, context of use, linguistic context - lánsþýðing — borrowing, calque, calque formation, loan translation, loanword, quote - head, header, heading - mistranslation - Alexandrine - transliteration - phonetic transcription - cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing - bókmenntir — literature - vísindaskáldskapur — science fiction - novelette, novella, short story - hrollvekja, spennu- — thriller - saga — saga - mystery, mystery story, whodunit - detective novel, detective story, whodunit, whodunnit - lygasaga, þjóðsaga — allegory, apologue, fable, parable - explication de texte - ljóð — poem, poetical work, rhyme, verse, verse form - bucolic, eclogue, idyl, idyll - harmljóð, tregaljóð — dirge, elegy, lament - Aeneid - free verse, vers libre - haiku - limra — limerick - Odyssey - chanson de geste - hástemmdur texti eða tal, rapsódía — rhapsody - lofsöngur, óður — ode - envoi, envoy - quatrain - sursum corda - erindi, vers — stanza, strophe, verse - lesmál, texti — text, textual matter - copy, written matter - addenda, addendum, postscript, supplement - passage - ágrip, brot, hluti, útdráttur — excerpt, excerption, extract, selection - vélritun — typewriting, typing - rithönd, skrift — hand, handwriting, longhand, script, writing - skywriting - skrautskrift — calligraphy, chirography, penmanship - áletrun, það að áletra — inscription, lettering - Rosetta Stone - handrit — manuscript, ms - palimpsest - bókrolla — roll, scroll - Dead Sea scrolls - fræðileg ritgerð — debate, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, treatise - adaptation, version - monograph - composition, paper, report, theme - authority - prayer wheel - religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - Avesta, Zend-Avesta - biblían — Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Evangel, Good Book, Gospel, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Scriptures, vulgate, Word, Word of God - 1. Mósebók — Book of Genesis, Genesis - Book of Exodus, Exodus - Book of Leviticus, Leviticus - Book of Numbers, Numbers - Book of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy - Book of Joshua, Joshua, Josue - Book of Judges, Judges - Book of Ruth, Ruth - Book of Esther, Esther - Book of Job, Job - Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah - Book of Jonah, Jonah - Gospel According to Luke, Gospel of Luke, Luke - Acts, Acts of the Apostles - Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine - Septuagint - Angelus - Ave Maria, Hail Mary - Canticle of Simeon, Nunc dimittis - Kol Nidre - Litany - faðirvor — Lord's Prayer - Paternoster - Apocrypha - Upanishad - Psalm - ferilskrá — biodata, curriculum vitae, CV, resume, résumé - málskjal, skjal — document, papers, written document - staðfesting, vottfest yfirlýsing — certificate, certification, credential, credentials, diploma, letter of credence, school diploma - eyðublað — blank, form, form for completion - listi, skrá — list, listing, record, register - atriði, hlutur, staður — item, point - bit of news, intelligence, message, news, news item, news report, piece of news, report, tidings, word - ritaskrá — bibliography, list of books - bill - criminal record, police record, record - index - lykill að lausn — key - eignaskrá, vöruskrá — inventory, stock list - matseðill — bill of fare, card, carte, carte du jour, menu, menu card - price list, price-list, rate, tariff - nafnaskrá, verkefnalisti — roll, roster - shortlist, short list - stundatafla, tímatafla — timetable - timetable - málsskjöl, skjöl — documents, dossier, file, records - athugasemd, minnispunktur, orðsending, skrifleg skilaboð — memo, memoranda, memorandum - atburðarás, fundargerð — minute, minutes, proceedings, records, transactions - computer file - binary file - document, text file - job application - folk etymology - anamnesis, medical history, medical record, previous history - ævisaga — biography, life, life history, life story - sjálfsævisaga — autobiography - hagiography - profile - reikningur, vörureikningur, yfirlit — account, bill, check, invoice - þÿðing — crib, interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version - income tax form, income tax return, return, tax assessment, tax form, tax return - dissenting opinion - flowchart, flow chart, flow diagram, flow sheet - documentation, software documentation - collection, compendium - safnrit — anthology, choice collection of texts - analecta, analects - letter, missive - open letter - chain letter - epistle - ástarbréf — billet doux, billet-doux, love letter, love-letter - bless á meðan! — adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, goodby, good-by, goodbye, good-bye, good day, sayonara, so long, so long! - bon voyage, send-off - kort — business card, calling card, card, visiting card - gen - undirstöðuatriði — basics, rudiments - record - prentiðn, prentun — printing, printing process, printing technique - account, news report, report, story, write up - fréttabréf — circular, newsletter, newssheet - umsögn — comment, commentary - glósur, minnispunktur — annotation, notation, note - postscript, PS - Krossgáta — crossword, crossword puzzle - acrostic, word square - rebus - plakat, veggspjald — bill, card, notice, placard, poster, posting - flashcard, flash card - address - libretto - scenario - kvikmyndahandrit — scenario, screenplay, script - commedia dell'arte - melódrama — melodrama - morality play - mystery play - Passion play - satyr play - stanza - anadiplosis, reduplication - epanalepsis - epiphora, epistrophe - anastrophe, inversion - antiphrasis - apophasis - catachresis - chiasmus - litotes, meiosis - prolepsis - líking, myndhverfing — figure, figure of speech, image, rhetorical figure, trope - ýkjur — exaggeration, hyperbole - umræður — discourse, discussion, treatment - einkunnarorð, slagorð, spakmæli — catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan - grundvallarregla, lögmál, spakmæli — axiom, maxim - kjarnyrði, orðskviður, spakmæli — aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm - epigram, quip, satirical poem - málsháttur — adage, byword, proverb, saw - banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, crudity, grossness, platitude, vulgarity - truism - særingarþula — conjuration, incantation, sortilege - boðorðin tíu — Decalogue, Ten Commandments - próf — exam, examination, test - medical report - barnavísa/-gæla — nursery rhyme - kjaftasaga, slúður — comment, gossip, scuttlebutt - lausafregnir, slúðursaga — grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth - Sermon on the Mount - homily, preachment - reference, source - þríleikur, trílógía — trilogy - cycle - imagism - account, accounting, account statement - earnings report, income statement, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement - efnahagsreikningur — balance, balance sheet - höfuðbók, veðmálaskrá — account book, book, book of account, ledger, leger - accounting entry, entry, ledger entry - accounting, accounting system, method of accounting - ávísanareikningur, hlaupareikningur — current account[Domaine]