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Descriptive Bynames – Locatives
Locatives only in use if you live somewhere other than the place named in the locative
Examples: in bareyeska (“woman from the Hebrides”), breiðdælski (“man from Broad-Dale”), inn enski
(“Englishman”), in flamska (“woman from Flanders”),
inn gauzki (“man from Gautland”), inn grenzki (“man from Greenland”), inn norræni (“Norwegian”), á
Englandi (“from England”), á Írlandi (“from Ireland”), á
Skotlandi (“from Scotland”), í
Danmörk (“from Denmark”), í Svipjóð (“from Sweden”), í
Jórvík (“of York”)