Keth asked:

>>btw does "sólsetur" [sp] *always* mean "sunset"
>>or can it, under different circumstances, also mean the opposite?

Haukur replied:

>It always means sunset. The "set(u)r" part is not
>thought of as "home" but as something more closely
>related to the verb "setjast" - to sit down.

for that matter, so is the "set" in "sunset" related to the verb "sit" ;->

on the other hand, does "røkkr" mean either dawn or dusk, or just dusk?

>>In the sunset picture, there are several small trees.
>>What kinds of trees are they? (sticking out of the snow)

>They are Icelandic trees - which are really more like bushes:)
>I dare not name the species, I would just call this "kjarr".

is it the "dwarf birch" of which I have heard some mention? ...although my
dictionary translates "kjarr" as "scrub", which conveys your meaning quite
well...

thanks,

-Selv

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