gluggaveður

Language: Icelandic · [ˈklʏkaˌvɛːðʏr] · Pronunciation: GLUG-ga-veh-thur

Meaning

'window-weather': beautiful through the glass, bitter out of doors

The story

Gluggi is window and veður is weather: the brilliant blue Icelandic day you admire from behind double glazing, because outside the wind cuts to the bone. Britain runs the same programme on every clear January morning. Everyone agrees it looks glorious, and the door stays shut: window-weather.

The four rounds

Which language is it from?

Icelandic

When do you feel it most?

On a bright, hard frost morning

Where would you hear it?

At the kitchen window, coffee in hand

What does it mean?

Fine to look at, too raw to be out in

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