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Terms in Icelandic 391-400 of 806

lækjasuga

[Icelandic]

Trout caught in a river or stream. Commonly this is the brown trout.

lækjaurriði

[Icelandic]

Lamprey. It is an eel-like migratory fish usually caught in rivers. It spends the first, larval, stage of its life buried in the mud at the bottom of certain rivers, descending to the sea where it sucks the blood of fish in a particularly vicious way, and usually causing their death. Subsequently it returns to the river of its birth to spawn. This is the brook lamprey.

lagarsíld

[Icelandic]

Whitefish. Pollan or vendace. A small relation of char or lake whitefish and is a slightly oily freshwater fish Lake Geneva, prepared in the same way as trout. It can be baked or fried.

lakkrís

[Icelandic]

Liquorice. A sweet root with an aroma reminiscent of aniseed.

lambakjöt

[Icelandic]

Lamb

lambasalat

[Icelandic]

Lamb's lettuce (US: corn salad).

langa

[Icelandic]

Ling

langlúra

[Icelandic]

Witch sole. A side-swimming flatfish with pinkish-purple, marbled skin, having a blunted shape similar to the sole although it is not a true sole.

langreyður

[Icelandic]

Fin whale

langvia

[Icelandic]

Guillemot. Eaten in Iceland.