A tiny Icelandic/English Genealogical dictionary
| Afi | Grandfather |
| Ái | Great grandfather, ancestor |
| Aldraður | Old (male). See Öldruð |
| Aldur | Age |
| Amma | Grandmother |
| Andaður | Dead, deceased (male) |
| Andvana | dead |
| Andvana fædd | Stillborn child (female) |
| Andvana fæddur | Stillborn child (male) |
| Austur | East |
| Barn, plur. börn | Child. - hans barn: his child, hennar barn: her child, þeirra barn: their child. Hans börn: His children, hennar börn: her children, þeirra börn: their children |
| Biskup | Bishop |
| Bóndadóttir | Farmer's daughter |
| Bóndasonur | Farmer's son |
| Bóndi | Farmer |
| Bróðir | Brother |
| Bústjóri | Housekeeper (man) |
| Bústýra | Housekeeper (woman) |
| Bær | Farm |
| Dagsetning | Date |
| Dóttir, plur. dætur | Daughter |
| Eiginmaður | Husband |
| Eiginkona | Wife |
| Ekkill | Widower |
| Ekkja | Widow |
| Smali | Shepherd |
| Eystra | In the East |
| Fósturbarn | Foster child, adoptive child |
| Fósturdóttir | Foster daughter, adoptive daughter |
| Fóstursonur | Foster son, adoptive son |
| Frú | Lady, Madam, Mrs., married woman |
| Gamall | Old (male) |
| Gift | Married (woman) |
| Giftur | Married (man) |
| Gömul | Old (female) |
| Hreppsnefndarmaður | Parish councillor |
| Hreppsómagi | Parish-pauper |
| Hreppstjóri | Director of a poor-law parish (district) |
| Húsfreyja | Mistress of a house (wife) |
| Húskona | Lodger woman (with a peasant or a fisherman) |
| Húsmaður | Lodger man (with a peasant or a fisherman) |
| Húsmóðir | Mistress, house-keeper (wife) |
| Kirkja | Church |
| Kirkjubók | Church register, parish register |
| Kirkjusókn | Parish |
| Kona | Woman |
| Langafi | Great grandfather |
| Langamma | Great grandmother |
| Lausakona | Working woman (not in service) |
| Lausamaður | Working man (not in service) |
| Lögmaður | Lawyer (modern), from 1271-1800 the highest official authority (in a certain area) |
| Lögrétta | The law and jurisdictional part of the old Alþingi (Althing) or parlament. |
| Lögréttumaður | A man entitled to sit in "Lögrétta" |
| Lrm | Abbr. for "Lögréttumaður" |
| Lögsagnari | Lögmaður's or lögréttumaður's commissioner |
| Maður | Man |
| Maki | Mate, husband, wife |
| Móðir | Mother |
| Niðji, plur. niðjar | Descendant |
| Norður | North |
| Nyrðra | In the North |
| Oddviti | Leader or chief for a parish council |
| Prestur | Priest or pastor, clergyman, minister |
| Prestsfrú | Wife to "Prestur". See "Frú" |
| Prófastur | Archdeacon |
| Smali | Shepherd |
| Sonur, plur. synir | Son |
| Sókn | Parish |
| Suður | South |
| Sveitarbarn | Parish-pauper |
| Syðra | In the South |
| Systir, plur. systur | Sister |
| Sýsla | County |
| Sýslumaður | Sheriff. Judge and revenue officer of a district |
| Trésmiður | Carpenter |
| Tökubarn | Parish-pauper |
| Útvegsbóndi | A farmer who is also a fisherman or outfitter of fishing boat(s). |
| Vestur | West |
| Vesturheimur | The western Hemisphere. - í Vesturheimi: in North America (actually: in the western Hemisphere) - fór til Vesturheims: went (emigrated) to North America |
| Vestra | In the West |
| Vinnukona | Maid servant (on a farm) |
| Vinnumaður | Man servant (on a farm) |
| Öldruð | Old (female). See Aldraður |
More to come
