Icelandic Term

English Translation

Æsing

Inflammation, Agitation

Andarteppa

Croup

Andast

Die

Andvana fæddur

Stillborn child

Asmi

Asthma

Barkahósti

Croup

Berklaveiki

Tuberculosis

Blóðsótt

Dysentery

Bóla

Smallpox

Bólga

Inflammation

Brenndur

Burned

Brjóstsjúkdómur

Chest disease

Brjóstþyngsli

Shortness of breath

Dauði

Death

Deyja

Die

Diarrhe

Diarrhea

Dráp

Murder

Drukknaði

Drowned

Elli

Old age

Flogaveiki

Epilepsy

Gigt

Rheumatism, Gout

Gula

Jaundice

Hálsbólga

Sore throat

Heilablóðfall

Stroke

Hengdi

Hanged

Hjartasjúkdómur

Heart disease

Höfuðverkur

Headache

Innvortis meinsemd

Internal disease

Kíghósti

Whooping cough

Kólera

Cholera

Krabbamein

Cancer

Kreppa

Cramp

Kreppusótt

Scorbutic disease

Landfarsótt

Epidemic

Lífsýki

Diarrhea

Lungnabólga

Pneumonia

Lungnasótt

Lung disease

Magaverkur

Stomachache

Meinsemd

Disease

Nervefeber

Nervous fever

Niðurgangur

Diarrhea

Nýrnasjúkdómur

Kidney disease

Sjálfsmorð

Suicide

Sjúkur

Sick

Skarlagen feber

Scarlet fever

Skyrbjúgur

Scurvy

Slag

Stroke

Slagaveiki

Apoplexy

Slys

Accident

Sukkersyge

Diabetes

Tærandi sýki

Consumption

Taugaveiki

Typhus, Typhoid

Vatnssýki

Dropsy

Veikleiki ellinnar

Old age weakness