Sunday, November 13, 2011

Magdufnallsfíklingar (Young MacDonalds addicts)

The Iclandic equivalent of the name of the junk food concern is Magdufnalls. As in the example Magbjóður (Macbeth), mentioned in the book Keltar á Íslandi by Hermann Pálsson, surnames starting with mac- are icelandicized by adding the stem of the etymologically related Icelandic mögur (son): mag- to the nominative form of the second element. The masculine personal name Donald derives from the Gaelic name Domhnall (Icelandicized to Dufn(i)all in Old Icelandic writs), which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic dumno "world" and val "rule".

Magdufnallshús: MacDonalds restaurant
Magdufnallsfíkill, Magdufnalingur: junk food addict
Magdufnallsmeti: junk food

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