What does búrhvalur in Icelandic mean?
What is the meaning of the word búrhvalur in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use búrhvalur in Icelandic.
The word búrhvalur in Icelandic means sperm whale. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word búrhvalur
sperm whalenoun (sperm whale) |
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" Mad við agonies hann varir frá þessum ferskum árásum á infuriated Búrhvalur rúlla aftur og aftur, hann rears gríðarlega höfuðið, og breiður stækkað kjálkum skyndimynd á allt í kringum hann, hann hleypur á bátar með höfuðið, þeir eru sjálfknúnar fyrir honum með víðtæka hversu fljótt hinir, og stundum gjöreytt.... " Mad with the agonies he endures from these fresh attacks, the infuriated Sperm Whale rolls over and over; he rears his enormous head, and with wide expanded jaws snaps at everything around him; he rushes at the boats with his head; they are propelled before him with vast swiftness, and sometimes utterly destroyed.... |
THOMAS Beale ER sögu Búrhvalur, 1839. THOMAS BEALE'S HlSTORY OF THE SPERM WHALE, 1839. |
Og að lokum eyðilagt af stórum Búrhvalur IN THE Pacific Ocean. " AND FlNALLY DESTROYED BY A LARGE SPERM WHALE IN THE PAClFIC OCEAN. " |
Enn bæði búrhvalur og stór hvítháfur gætu það. But either a sperm whale or a great white shark could. |
Sacred við minni í lok Captain Esekíel Hardy, Sem í Bogi bátnum his var drepinn af Búrhvalur á ströndum Japan, ágúst 3d, 1833. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF The late CAPTAlN EZEKlEL HARDY, Who in the bows of his boat was killed by a Sperm Whale on the coast of Japan, AUGUST 3d, 1833. |
" The Cachalot " ( Búrhvalur ) " er ekki einungis betri vopnum en True Whale " ( Grænlandi eða Hægri Whale ) " í mann ægilegur vopn á hvorum útlim af líkami hennar, en einnig sýna oftar a ráðstöfun að ráða þessi vopn offensively og hátt í einu þannig artful, djörf og skaðlegur, sem leiða til tilvera talin þess sem hættulegustu að ráðast af öllum þekktum tegundum sem hvala ættkvísl. " " The Cachalot " ( Sperm Whale ) " is not only better armed than the True Whale " ( Greenland or Right Whale ) " in possessing a formidable weapon at either extremity of its body, but also more frequently displays a disposition to employ these weapons offensively and in manner at once so artful, bold, and mischievous, as to lead to its being regarded as the most dangerous to attack of all the known species of the whale tribe. " |
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