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What is iceland?Iceland is, as has been well documented, a small island in the North Atlantic. It was settled in the 9th century, mainly by Norwegians and other Scandinavians, but also by a few Celts from Scotland and Ireland. There is a theory that the Norwegians in particular left for Iceland to escape the growing tyranny and expanding power of the Scandinavian Kings, especially King Harald Fair-hair of Norway. The first settler was Ingolfur Arnarson, arriving in 870 AD, and he built a farm on the site of modern day Reykjavik, the capital. Iceland was the first republic and developed a system of proto-democracy with a national Parliament called the Althing established in 930 AD, and a very sophistocated system of law developed. This was surprisingly liberal; women had practically equal rights to men. For instance, they could take part in legal proceedings and declare themselves divorced whenever they wished, whilst retaining all property rights. Considering women only got equal property rights in Britain in the 19th century, this is impressive I feel. Iceland is my favourite European country apart from my own. I wish I was Icelandic. iceland - meme gificeland - videoIceland - what is it?the real most bad-ass scandinavians...so bad-ass they got kicked out of normal scandinavia. they make chuck norris look like a small child. Smart people don't fuck with the Icelandic. What does "iceland" mean?An island in the Atlantic Ocean north of England. Known for it's volcanos, beautiful nature and of course the Blue Lagoon. Low crime rate and a pretty cool country to live in. Sigur Rós is from Iceland. Ever been to Iceland? Iceland - what does it mean?To oppose corruption & do something about it using the power of people in numbers. And to succeed because the right to have rights is stronger than the desire to be controlled by cronies. "I'm sick of the man sticking it to us, let's mobilize the people and start Icelanding!" Iceland - meaningReferred to as the "shit-hole" of the planet. Iceland has a population of approximately 400 people. The gay population on iceland is estimated to be around 395. The other 5 people are phedophiles. There were recent discussions of what to do with the island. Many world leaders voted to nuke it, others voted to invade it and make it a colony. The question of what to do with iceland remains, although Canada may be gearing up to take it over, as they have sent 3 highly trained mounties to overtake the shit-hole. Iceland sucks Canadas balls Iceland - definitionA small and isolated country in the northern Europe, which is very green and has beautiful pastures, and does NOT have glaciers, like the Americans seem to think (see James Bond, Die another day). My cattle are out on the green pastures in that valley. Just because the name of the country is Iceland it doesnt mean that it has glaciers... Iceland - slangVolcanic island, north of Britain. Famous Icelanders: IcelandAn unusual chain of British supermarkets selling a large variety of low-price food and, for no apparent reason, bad quality dishwashers, freezers and other kitchen equipment. Iceland - because mums are heroes. Icelandan volcanic, harsh but beutiful and indepentend island north of Britain. On iceland youl know the menaning of beuty IcelandIceland vs. Canada?? god help you. As one higly ranked officer on the u.n.army base in Keflavik said: "We, and the rest of the world should be thankful that this nation does not have an army and is peaceful, because specially trained navy-seal go partying downtown Reykjavik,and if they have an attitude towards the locals and go looking for a fight, they get beaten up by teenagers!! The vikings are alive but peaceful, but don´t give a drunk one a attitude, because they don´t know what it means to run away and don´t care about getting hurt, they just go berserk (another word for viking). It´s a matter of pride for them, imprinted in their genes. An army of Iceland would be without a dought the best fighting force of the planet, but as the acient warriors, they understand that fighting and violence is not the way to live. But when they drink all that can be easily forgotten, and they do drink alot. Iceland : named the land of ice so people in overcrowded cities of Europe wouldn´t flock out there. Some say the best kept secret of the world. |
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