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Viking power!

Icelandic translation: Víkingakraftur!


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English term or phrase:Viking power!
Icelandic translation:Víkingakraftur!
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07:22 Apr 19, 2009
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English term or phrase: Viking power!
Hello.

I was wondering how you would say "Viking power!" in Icelandic? It was the battle cry of the late Icelandic weightlifter and bodybuilder Jón Páll Sigmarsson.

Thanks for any help.

Sincerely,

Brian Costello

Seattle, Wa.
brian1
Víkingakraftur!
Explanation:
You can use several words. This is what I came up with.
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Stefan Sigurdsson
Local time: 14:12
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My thanks to both stefansig and Keneva for their replies. However stefansig's answer - the synthetic form - is more what I'm looking for rather than the more analytical form which Keneva also sugggests.
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5Víkingakraftur!Stefan Sigurdsson
4með krafti víkinga!Keneva Kunz


  

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viking power!
Víkingakraftur!


Explanation:
You can use several words. This is what I came up with.

Stefan Sigurdsson
Local time: 14:12
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Native speaker of: Native in IcelandicIcelandic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
My thanks to both stefansig and Keneva for their replies. However stefansig's answer - the synthetic form - is more what I'm looking for rather than the more analytical form which Keneva also sugggests.
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viking power!
með krafti víkinga!


Explanation:
I suppose "Vikingakraftur", as Stefán suggested, or "með krafti víkinga" would be the translation of this in Icelandic, but as far as a "battle cry" goes, Jón Páll used to shout "Ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál!" which literally translated means "Nothing at all for Jón Páll!"

Keneva Kunz
Local time: 14:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in IcelandicIcelandic
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