Vitleysingur.

When humans think one of them is very wise, they say that this human is “vitur”. That means they have a lot of “vit” in their head.

And if they are wise enough, they get an award.

But when a human thinks another human does not have any *vit* in their head, they say that this human is a *vitleysingur*. 

It means that they are not wise. They are just a “wit-less-person”. 

Wit-less humans can also get an award, but they do not get the same award as the wise humans. And sometimes they just get their own “reality tele-visions”.

It is all very confusing.

This good, Icelandic word was pósted by your friend Iceland on 8 October 2012, and has 103 nótes.

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    Louco…
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    I love Icelandic.
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    Minn besti vinur, hverju sem dynur…

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