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Icelandic sagas

Hulda Hákonardóttir and Guðrún Hannele Henttinen help come up with new Icelandic words as part of the Iceland's knitting language committee.

The future of the Icelandic language may lie in its past

Culture

For centuries, Icelanders have looked backward to move forward with their language. When they need to come up with words for new technologies or ideas, they dredge up archaic terms — and try to talk the public into re-using them.

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