Note 348 — Chapter II · THE LANDFALL—FISHING FLEET—TO REYKJAVIK.
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A term of daily use, derived from “að hrynja,” to flow, to stream down; its pronunciation (Hroyn) induces the facetious traveller to call it the “road to ruin,” and Henderson wrote as he spoke, Hroyn. “Gullbringu” is usually translated gold-bringing; but Cleasby, sub voc. “bringa,” derives the word differently, and makes “Gull-bringur” signify the Golden Slopes. In Sect. VII. of Introduction a third signification has been given.