What does gamall in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word gamall in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use gamall in Icelandic.

The word gamall in Icelandic means old, ancient, venerable. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word gamall

old

adjective (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Hver maður þráir lengi að lifa en engi maður vill gamall verða.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

ancient

adjective

Hann er gamall spámađur sem hjálpar mörgum á för sinni međ innsæi sínu.

He's an ancient seer who helps many on their quest with added insight.

venerable

adjective

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Angelo Scarpulla hóf nám sitt í guðfræði í heimalandi sínu, Ítalíu, þegar hann var 10 ára gamall.

Angelo Scarpulla started his theological studies in his native Italy when he was 10.

Já, ūađ er fáránlegt og hann er gamall.

I know it's ridiculous and it's old.

Kenzo, hvað ertu gamall?

Kenzo, how old are you?

Ég er gamall vinur Cliffs

I' m an old friend of Cliff' s

Eftir að Guð hafði lengt ævi Jobs um 140 ár „dó [Job] gamall og saddur lífdaga.“ — Jobsbók 42: 10-17.

Finally, after a 140-year extension of life, “Job died, old and satisfied with days.” —Job 42:10-17.

Ég er of gamall til ađ komast til baka á lífi.

I'm too old to make it back from here.

Max vinur minn skírðist þegar hann var átta ára gamall.

My friend Max was baptized when he was eight years old.

Ég er of gamall fyrir ūetta.

Boy, I'm getting too old for this shit.

Nú gamall maður með Spade um öxl hans gekk í gegnum hurðina leiðandi frá öðrum garði.

Presently an old man with a spade over his shoulder walked through the door leading from the second garden.

Reyndar gamall félagi.

Actually, he's my old partner.

Hann tók við af föður sínum Memeð 3. aðeins þrettán ára gamall.

There, he meets one of his ancestors, who is only thirteen years old himself.

Hef aldrei lært ūađ og er of gamall til ađ byrja á ūví núna.

Never learned how... and I'm too old to start now.

Þótt gamall sé er ég ungur garðyrkjumaður.“

But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.”

Ég sat við hlið ungs manns, sem gæti hafa verið um 35 ára gamall.

I sat next to a young man who was perhaps 35 years of age.

Hann skírðist 21 árs gamall, fyrsti kirkjuþegninn í fjölskyldu sinni.

He was baptized at age 21, the first member of the Church in his family.

Þessi nótt Ég bið gamall accustom'd veislu, Whereto ég hef boðið mörg gestur,

This night I hold an old accustom'd feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,

Árið 1951, þá fjögurra ára gamall, var hann sendur í útlegð til Síberíu ásamt foreldrum sínum (á árunum 1949 og 1951 ofsóttu yfirvöld um það bil 5000 fjölskyldur fyrir að vera vottar Jehóva).

In 1951, at the age of four, he and his parents were exiled to Siberia (in 1949 and 1951 about 5,000 families were persecuted by the authorities for being Jehovah’s Witnesses).

Yfirgef mig eigi, Guð, þó að ég verði gamall og grár fyrir hærum, að ég megi kunngjöra styrkleik þinn komandi kynslóð og mátt þinn öllum óbornum.“ — Sálm.

And even until old age and gray-headedness, O God, do not leave me, until I may tell about your arm to the generation, to all those who are to come, about your mightiness.” —Ps.

Ég er orđinn of gamall.

Too old for that.

Ólafur skilur smátt og smátt hvernig það er að vera gamall og eiga erfitt með að lesa Biblíuna og ganga milli húsa.

Gradually, Alan understands what it is like to be an older person who finds it hard to read the Bible or walk from house to house.

„TILLFINNINGALEGA er ég eins og barn,“ segir Mike sem er 24 ára gamall.

“I AM an emotional child,” says Mike, a young man 24 years old.

Gamall brautryðjandi segir svo frá: „Þetta hefur endurnært huga minn, líkama og anda, . . . og ég er enn að vaxa.“

An older pioneer observes: “It has been invigorating mentally, physically, and spiritually, . . . and I’m still growing.”

Hann er gamall og í góðu lagi

It' s a classic.There' s nothing wrong with that van

Hvađ ertu gamall?

How old are you?

Hann var orðinn kirkjuorgelleikari 17 ára gamall og var í miklum metum sem slíkur, en kom sér ekki alls staðar vel.

He's been the best player over 17 days, that was tough he had me in all sorts of trouble.

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