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Languagle #15: Icelandic

August 30, 2026 · spoken in Iceland

Árinni kennir illur ræðari

"A bad rower blames the oar."

What it means

On blaming your tools. In a fishing nation the metaphor is a boat, not a workbench.

What kind of saying it is

Oral tradition. In Icelandic, a málsháttur. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.

Source

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