Icely 

The sweetest most empathetic most caring MOST STINKY person

Look at her! She must be an Icely.

Icely by Robert31415 December 28, 2023

Icely Puzzles 

A severely underrated YTer who plays puzzle games like Baba Is You and Lingo the Game a lot and says stuff like thanks, spaghetti monster and likes chess battle advanced

Icely Puzzles: Okay so we need to make FLAG IS WIN here
Also Icely: So, what does cobelt do? Ohhhh it's literally just purple but with a different color. Thanks spaghetti monster. Chess fight improved. cba

Icely Puzzles by Orrinpants November 27, 2024

Icelanding 

To oppose corruption & do something about it using the power of people in numbers. And to succeed because the right to have rights is stronger than the desire to be controlled by cronies.

"I'm sick of the man sticking it to us, let's mobilize the people and start Icelanding!"

Icelanding by Ciecmate June 20, 2016

Iceland 

An island in the Atlantic Ocean north of England. Known for it's volcanos, beautiful nature and of course the Blue Lagoon. Low crime rate and a pretty cool country to live in. Sigur Rós is from Iceland.

Ever been to Iceland?

Iceland by sotacky December 28, 2005

icelandic 

the real most bad-ass scandinavians...so bad-ass they got kicked out of normal scandinavia. they make chuck norris look like a small child.

Smart people don't fuck with the Icelandic.

icelandic by .ao. September 21, 2006

Iceland 

Iceland is, as has been well documented, a small island in the North Atlantic. It was settled in the 9th century, mainly by Norwegians and other Scandinavians, but also by a few Celts from Scotland and Ireland. There is a theory that the Norwegians in particular left for Iceland to escape the growing tyranny and expanding power of the Scandinavian Kings, especially King Harald Fair-hair of Norway. The first settler was Ingolfur Arnarson, arriving in 870 AD, and he built a farm on the site of modern day Reykjavik, the capital. Iceland was the first republic and developed a system of proto-democracy with a national Parliament called the Althing established in 930 AD, and a very sophistocated system of law developed. This was surprisingly liberal; women had practically equal rights to men. For instance, they could take part in legal proceedings and declare themselves divorced whenever they wished, whilst retaining all property rights. Considering women only got equal property rights in Britain in the 19th century, this is impressive I feel.
The term 'Viking' as an ethnic term is wrong; to the Scandinavians it meant specifically a raider, so not all, or even most, Icelanders were Vikings. Practically all were simple farmers. No towns existed in medieval Iceland, and farms were self-sufficient units.
An Icelander was the first to land on Greenland, which was settled by Eirik the Red after he had been outlawed from Iceland, who called it this to make it more attractive to other settlers. It was his son, Leifur, nicknamed Leif the Lucky, who was the first European to set foot on the continent of North America (not Christopher Columbus) around 1000 AD, the year in which Iceland became Christian by democratic vote. Leif christened the area Vinland, after the wild grapes he found there. Nobody has been able to prove the exact location of Vinland.
Geographically, Iceland is mostly volcanic, and large areas of it are covered in lava fields. It has geysers, hot springs and sulphorous jets of steam coming from the ground, as well as active Volcanoes. The amount of geothermal energy at her disposal means that Iceland is a very environmentally green country. However, it also means that all the washing water smells slightly of egg. Iceland also has Europe's most powerful waterfall (Dettafoss) and Europe's largest glacier (Vatnajokull), which did feature in the James Bond film 'Die Another Day'.
Iceland is famous for its medieval literature, which ranks as amongst the finest in the world. These are mostly sagas, the most famous being Egil's Saga, Njal's Saga, Laxdaela Saga and Volsunga Saga, the last of which was a major inspiration for Tolkein and Wagner. However, Iceland also produced histories such as The Book of Icelanders and The Book of Settlements by Ari the Learned, and the most important source on Norse mythology, Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.
Icelandic has changed relatively little since then, and the system of patrynomics, and sometimes matrymonics is still used. For example if a man called Njal Eiriksson had a son and a daughter, they might be called Ingolfur Njalsson and Gudrun Njalssdottir; they would not have the surname Eiriksson.
In 1262, Iceland came under the control of Norway, and Denmark in 1380, but regained Home Rule in 1874 and became fully independent in 1944. Today, Iceland is most commonly known for musicians Bjork and Sigur Ros, being the most expensive country in Europe, puffins and reindeer, the Northern Lights, and being cold. However, this does not even come close to doing justice to this beautiful, sometimes bleak, truly unique landscape and its rich and fascinating history and mythology.

Iceland is my favourite European country apart from my own. I wish I was Icelandic.

Iceland by A. C. Cooper June 17, 2006

Irelyn 

A beautiful soul, with the spirit of the Celtic and eyes that devour every waking thought. A beautiful and enchanting fairy princess who defines integrity, determination and love with her very being. Adventure and enchantment fill her days as curiosity leads her to explore the deepest caverns and darkest forests, radiating her beauty before her so that she is never afraid. For she is protected, loved, shielded from those who might seek to harm her by a powerful force

So pure of heart, she must be Irelyn.

Irelyn by icefirewindmomma December 2, 2011