Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Icelandic Days of the Week

Many of the Icelandic days of the week are not as similar to English days as those of other Germanic languages. Here are the days from Monday to Sunday:

mánudagur
þriðjudagur
miðvikudagur
fimmtudagur
föstudagur
laugardagur
sunnudagur

 The literal meaning of Monday is moon day. Tuesday is third day, Wednesday is midweek day and Thursday is fifth day. Friday is fasting day, Saturday is bathing day and Sunday is sun day.

The Icelandic days for Monday and Sunday are similar to those of English. However, the names of the other days are less similar. Tuesday and Thursday are literally third day and fifth day.



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