| J {n} (playing card) | :: G |
| jack {n} (device for raising and supporting a heavy object) | :: tjakkur {m} |
| jack {n} (playing card) | :: gosi {m} |
| jack {n} (freshwater pike) SEE: pike | :: |
| jackal {n} (wild canine) | :: sjakali {m} |
| jackdaw {n} (Coloeus monedula) | :: dvergkráka {f} |
| jacket {n} (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse) | :: jakki {m}, frakki {m} |
| jacket {n} (piece of a person's suit) | :: jakki {m} |
| jack of all trades {n} (one competent in many endeavors) | :: þúsundþjalasmiður {m} |
| jack off {v} (jerk off) SEE: jerk off | :: |
| jackpot {n} (windfall) | :: hvalreki {m} |
| Jack the Ripper {prop} (19th century murderer) | :: Kviðristu Kobbi {m} |
| Jacob {prop} (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca) | :: Jakob {m} |
| Jacob {prop} (male given name (the standard form)) | :: Jakob |
| jaeger {n} (rifle) SEE: rifle | :: |
| jaeger {n} (seabird) | :: kjói {m} |
| Jah {prop} (God) SEE: God | :: |
| jail {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| Jakarta {prop} (capital of Indonesia) | :: Djakarta |
| jalopy {n} (old, dilapidated car) | :: bíldrusla {f}, drusla {f} |
| jam {n} (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar) | :: sulta {f} |
| Jamaica {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Jamaíka |
| James {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Jakob {m} |
| James {prop} (one of two Apostles) | :: Jakob {m} |
| James {prop} (male given name (the standard form)) | :: Jakob |
| jam jar {n} (car) SEE: car | :: |
| jammed {adj} (overcrowded; congested) | :: sneisafullur |
| January {prop} (first month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: janúar {m}, janúarmánuður {m} |
| Japan {prop} (a country in East Asia) | :: Japan {n} |
| Japanese {adj} (of or relating to Japan) | :: japanskur |
| Japanese {n} (person of Japan) | :: Japani {m} |
| Japanese {n} (Japanese language) | :: japanska {f} |
| Japanese encephalitis {n} (viral disease) | :: japönsk heilabólga {f} |
| jape {n} (joke or quip) SEE: joke | :: |
| jar {n} (small, approximately cylindrical container) | :: krukka {f} |
| jarl {n} (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark) | :: jarl {m} |
| jasper {n} (precious stone) | :: jaspis |
| jaundice {n} (morbid condition) | :: gula {f} |
| javelin throw {n} (athletic event where a javelin is thrown) | :: spjótkast {n} |
| jaw {n} (bone of the jaw) | :: kjálki {m} |
| jay {n} (bird) | :: skrækskaði |
| jay {n} (name of the letter J, j) | :: joð |
| jazz {n} (musical art form) | :: djass {m} |
| jealous {adj} (suspecting rivalry in love; fearful of being replaced, in position or in affection) | :: afbrýðisamur |
| jealousy {n} (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity)) | :: afbrýði, afbrýðisemi {f} |
| jeans {n} (denim trousers) | :: gallabuxur {f-p} |
| jeep {n} (vehicle) | :: jeppi {m} |
| Jeep {n} (Jeep) SEE: jeep | :: |
| Jehovah {n} (Jehovah's Witness) SEE: Jehovah's Witness | :: |
| Jehovah's Witness {n} (member of the Jehovah's Witnesses) | :: vottur Jehóva {m} |
| Jehovah's Witnesses {prop} (denomination) | :: Vottar Jehóva {p} |
| jellyfish {n} (aquatic animal) | :: marglytta {f} |
| jellyroll {n} (cylindrical cake) SEE: Swiss roll | :: |
| Jeremiah {prop} (biblical prophet) | :: Jeremía {m} |
| Jeremiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Jeremía {m} |
| Jeremiah {prop} (male given name) | :: Jeremía {m} |
| Jeremy {prop} (Jeremiah) SEE: Jeremiah | :: |
| Jericho {prop} (city) | :: Jeríkó |
| jerk {n} (sudden, uncontrolled movement) | :: kippur {m}, viðbragð {n} |
| jerk {n} (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake) | :: rykkur {m}, kippur {m} |
| jerk off {v} (to masturbate) | :: runka sér |
| Jerry {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| Jerusalem {prop} (city) | :: Jerúsalem |
| Jerusalem artichoke {n} (plant and tuber) | :: ætifífill {m} |
| Jesuit {n} (member of the Society of Jesus) | :: jesúíti {m} |
| Jesus {prop} (the Christian Messiah) | :: Jesús {m} |
| Jesus Christ {prop} (Jesus of Nazareth) | :: Jesús Kristur {m} |
| jet {n} (jet plane) SEE: jet plane | :: |
| jet-black {adj} (of the blackest black) SEE: pitch-black | :: |
| jet lag {n} (physical condition) | :: dægurvilla {f} |
| jet plane {n} (an airplane that is powered by a jet engine) | :: þota {f} |
| jetty {n} (pier) SEE: pier | :: |
| Jew {n} (member or descendent of the Jewish people) | :: gyðingur {m}, júði {m} |
| Jewish {adj} (Yiddish) SEE: Yiddish | :: |
| Jewish {adj} (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) | :: gyðingaættar |
| Jew's harp {n} (musical instrument) | :: gyðingaharpa {f}, kjálkaharpa {f}, munntromma {f} |
| jib {n} (triangular staysail) | :: fokka {f} |
| jib {n} (any of a variety of triangular sails) | :: framsegl {n} |
| jib {n} (projecting arm of a crane) | :: lyftiarmur {m}, bóma {f} |
| jibe {n} (facetious or insulting remark) | :: hnjóðsyrði {n} |
| jigsaw {n} (jigsaw puzzle) SEE: jigsaw puzzle | :: |
| jigsaw puzzle {n} (type of puzzle) | :: púsluspil {n} |
| Joanna {prop} (biblical follower of Jesus) | :: Jóhanna {f} |
| Joan of Arc {prop} | :: Jóhanna af Örk {f} |
| job {n} (task) | :: verkefni {n}, verk {n} |
| job {n} (economic role for which a person is paid) | :: vinna {f}, starf {n} |
| Job {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Job {m} |
| Job {prop} (biblical and qur'anic character) | :: Job {m} |
| jobless {adj} (lacking employment) SEE: unemployed | :: |
| jock {n} (jockstrap) SEE: jockstrap | :: |
| jock strap {n} (jockstrap) SEE: jockstrap | :: |
| jockstrap {n} (an athletic supporter) | :: pungband {n}, pungbindi {n} |
| Joel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Jóel {m} |
| Joel {prop} (male given name) | :: Jóel {m} |
| jogging {n} (form of exercise) | :: skokk {n} |
| John {prop} (male given name) | :: Jón, Jóhann, Jóhannes |
| John {prop} (biblical persons) | :: Jóhannes |
| John {prop} (fourth gospel) | :: Jóhannes {m}, Jóhannesarguðspjall {n}, Jóh. |
| John {prop} (one of the epistles of John) | :: Jóhannesarbréf {n} |
| John Doe {n} (any unknown or anonymous male person) | :: Jón Jónsson {m} |
| John Dory {n} (edible marine fish) | :: pétursfiskur |
| joie de vivre {n} (enjoyment of living, zest for life) | :: lífsgleði {f} |
| join {v} (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) | :: sameina |
| joiner {n} (maker of wooden furniture) | :: smiður {m}, trésmiður {m}, húsgagnasmiður {m} |
| joint {n} (part of the body where bones join) | :: liðamót {n-p} |
| joint {n} (marijuana cigarette) | :: jóna {f}, marijúanavindlingur {m} |
| joint {v} (to separate the joints) SEE: disjoint | :: |
| joke {n} (amusing story) | :: brandari {m} |
| joke {n} (something said or done for amusement) | :: grín {n}, spaug {n} |
| joke {n} (worthless thing or person) | :: brandari {m} |
| joke {v} (do for amusement) | :: grínast, spauga |
| joker {n} (jester) SEE: fool | :: |
| Jonah {prop} (given name) | :: Jónas {m} |
| Jonah {prop} (prophet) | :: Jónas {m} |
| Jonah {prop} (Biblical: a book of the Old Testament) | :: Jónas {m} |
| Jonah {prop} (tenth sūra of the Qurʾān) | :: Jónas {m} |
| Jordan {prop} (country) | :: Jórdanía {f} |
| Jordan {prop} (river) | :: Jórdan {f} |
| Joseph {prop} (favorite son of Jacob) | :: Jósef {m} |
| Joseph {prop} (male given name) | :: Jósef |
| Joshua {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Jósúa {m} |
| Joshua {prop} (male given name) | :: Jósúa {m} |
| jot {n} (iota) | :: punktur {m}, depill {m}, angarögn {f} |
| jot {v} (to write quickly) | :: skrifa hjá sér, punkta, punkta niður, hripa, hripa niður, hripa hjá sér |
| jotun {n} (member of a race of giants) | :: jötunn {m} |
| joule {n} (derived unit of energy, work and heat) | :: júl {n} |
| journalism {n} (activity or profession of being a journalist) | :: blaðamennska {f}, fréttamennska {f} |
| journalist {n} (one whose occupation or profession is journalism) | :: blaðamaður {m} |
| journey {n} (trip, a voyage) | :: leiðangur, ferð |
| journey {v} (to travel, to make a trip or voyage) | :: ferðast |
| joy {n} (feeling of happiness) | :: gleði {f} |
| joystick {n} (mechanical control device) | :: stýripinni {m}, stýristautur {m}, leikvölur {m} |
| Judas {prop} (one of the Apostles) | :: Júdas {m} |
| Judas {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Júdas {m} |
| judge {n} (public judicial official) | :: dómari {m} |
| judge {n} (sports official) | :: dómari {m} |
| judge {n} (someone with valued opinions) | :: dómbær {m}, sérfróður {m}, hafa gott vit á, hafa vit á |
| Judges {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Dómarabókin {m-p} |
| judo {n} (Japanese martial art) | :: júdó {n} |
| jug {n} (serving vessel) | :: kanna {f}, krús {f} |
| jug {n} (amount a jug can hold) | :: kanna {f}, krús {f} |
| jug {n} (slang: jail) | :: fangelsi {m}, steininn {m} |
| jug {n} (vulgar slang: woman's breast) | :: tútta {f} (túttur {f-p}), bobblingur {m} (bobblingar {m-p}) |
| jug {v} (to stew in an earthenware) | :: sjóða í leirpotti, sjóða í leirpotti með loki |
| jug {v} (to put in jail) | :: fangelsa, setja í fangelsi, stinga í steininn, stinga inn, henda í fangelsi |
| juggle {v} (manipulate objects artistically) | :: djögla, gegla |
| juggling {n} (moving of objects in an artful manner) | :: djögl, gegl, gripl |
| juice {n} (beverage made of juice) | :: safi {m}, djús {m} |
| juice joint {n} (nightclub) SEE: nightclub | :: |
| juicy {adj} (containing juice) | :: safaríkur, safamikill |
| Juliet {prop} (female given name) | :: Júlía {f} |
| Julius {prop} (male given name) | :: Július |
| July {prop} (seventh month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: júlí {m}, júlímánuður {m} |
| jumbo jet {n} (large transport aircraft) | :: breiðþota {f} |
| jump {v} | :: hoppa |
| jump {n} | :: stökk {n} |
| jump {n} (instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body) | :: viðbragð {n}, kippur {m} |
| jumping jack {n} (toy) | :: sprellikarl {m} |
| jump rope {n} (length of rope) SEE: skipping rope | :: |
| jump rope {n} (game or activity) | :: sippuband {n} |
| June {prop} (sixth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: júní {m}, júnímánuður {m} |
| jungle {adj} (large, undeveloped, humid forest) | :: frumskógur {m} |
| juniper {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus) | :: einer {m} |
| junk {n} (rubbish, waste) | :: rusl {n}, drasl {n} |
| junk {n} (miscellaneous items of little value) | :: drasl {n} |
| junk {n} (Chinese sailing vessel) | :: djúnka {f}, júnka {f} |
| junk food {n} (food with little or no nutritional value) | :: hnasl |
| junkie {n} (drug addict) SEE: drug addict | :: |
| Jupiter {prop} (planet) | :: Júpíter {m} |
| Jupiter {prop} (god) | :: Júpíter {m} |
| jurisprudence {n} (the theoretical study of law) | :: lögfræði {f} |
| juror {n} (jury member) | :: kviðdómari {m}, kviðdómandi {m} |
| jury {n} (group in a court of law) | :: kviðdómur {m} |
| jury {n} (group of judges in a competition) | :: dómnefnd {f} |
| just {adv} (only, simply, merely) | :: bara |
| just {adv} (recently) | :: áðan |
| justice {n} (state of being just or fair) | :: réttlæti {n}, sanngirni {f} |
| just now {adv} (very close to the present moment) | :: rétt áðan |
| Jute {n} (member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark) | :: Jóti {m} |
| Jutland {prop} (peninsula) | :: Jótland {n} |
| Jutlandic {adj} (of or pertaining to Jutland) | :: jóskur |
| Jutlandic {prop} (any of the dialects of Danish spoken in Jutland) | :: jóska {f} |
| juxtapose {v} (to place side by side) | :: setja hlið við hlið, samliggjandi, hliðstæður {m} |
| juxtaposition {n} | :: hliðsetning {f}, hliðstaða {f} |
| jynx {n} (a charm or spell) SEE: spell | :: |