{"id":8103,"date":"2026-04-05T09:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/?p=8103"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:29:59","slug":"snjofall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/2026\/04\/05\/snjofall\/","title":{"rendered":"Snj\u00f3fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00cd \u201eM\u00e1lspjalli\u201c var \u00ed g\u00e6r vakin athygli \u00e1 fyrirs\u00f6gninni \u201eH\u00e6tta \u00e1 snj\u00f3f\u00f6llum til fjalla\u201c \u00e1 vef R\u00edkis\u00fatvarpsins <\/em>og spurt hvort f\u00f3lk kanna\u00f0ist vi\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 snj\u00f3f\u00f6ll <\/em>yfir snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0<\/em>. Innleggsh\u00f6fundur sag\u00f0ist hafa \u201elengi veri\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feessum snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0abransa\u201c en aldrei heyrt \u00feetta or\u00f0 \u2013 en fannst \u00fea\u00f0 reyndar fallegt. Fyrirs\u00f6gninni hefur n\u00fa veri\u00f0 breytt<\/a> \u00ed \u201eH\u00e6tta \u00e1 snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0um til fjalla\u201c \u2013 en var \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0a til \u00feess? Um or\u00f0i\u00f0 snj\u00f3fall <\/em>eru h\u00e1tt \u00ed fimm hundru\u00f0 d\u00e6mi \u00e1 t\u00edmarit.is <\/em>en flest fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed fyrir 1940 og t\u00ed\u00f0ni or\u00f0sins hefur l\u00e6kka\u00f0 mj\u00f6g \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1ratugum \u2013 d\u00e6mi fr\u00e1 \u00feessari \u00f6ld eru s\u00e1raf\u00e1. \u00dea\u00f0 er hvorki a\u00f0 finna \u00ed \u00cdslenskri n\u00fat\u00edmam\u00e1lsor\u00f0ab\u00f3k <\/em>n\u00e9 \u00cdslenskri or\u00f0ab\u00f3k <\/em>en er hins vegar \u00ed \u00cdslensk-danskri or\u00f0ab\u00f3k <\/em>fr\u00e1 1920-1924 og er \u00fear sk\u00fdrt<\/a> 'snj\u00f3koma'.<\/p>\n

S\u00fa sk\u00fdring segir samt ekki alla s\u00f6guna \u2013 snj\u00f3fall<\/em> er ekki algert samheiti vi\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 snj\u00f3koma<\/em> heldur vir\u00f0ist fremur nota\u00f0 um snj\u00f3inn \u00feegar hann er kominn \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0ina en um ofankomu, snj\u00f3korn \u00e1 lei\u00f0 til jar\u00f0ar, og merkir \u00fe\u00e1 oft 'snj\u00f3d\u00fdpt' e\u00f0a jafnvel 'snj\u00f3al\u00f6g'. \u00cd Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ubla\u00f0inu <\/em>1937 segir: \u201eSnj\u00f3falli var svo h\u00e1tta\u00f0 \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0u, a\u00f0 l\u00edkum var\u00f0 ei eki\u00f0 til kirkju.\u201c \u00cd Degi <\/em>1952 segir: \u201e\u00datvarpi\u00f0 hefur sagt okkur fr\u00e1 43-48 cm. snj\u00f3falli \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk.\u201c \u00cd V\u00edsi <\/em>1961 segir: \u201eSnj\u00f3fall \u00e1 Vestfjar\u00f0ah\u00e1lendi var me\u00f0 minnsta m\u00f3ti \u00ed vetur a\u00f0 s\u00f6gn.\u201c \u00cd Morgunbla\u00f0inu <\/em>1978 segir: \u201eReyndist vetrar\u00e1koman 4,90 m, sem er snj\u00f3fall \u00ed me\u00f0allagi.\u201c \u00cd Morgunbla\u00f0inu <\/em>2000 segir: \u201ehluti \u00feess var opna\u00f0ur um mi\u00f0jan s\u00ed\u00f0asta m\u00e1nu\u00f0 eftir um \u00ferj\u00e1t\u00edu sentimetra snj\u00f3fall.\u201c<\/p>\n

Verulegur hluti d\u00e6ma um or\u00f0i\u00f0 snj\u00f3fall <\/em>er \u00far vestur\u00edslensku bl\u00f6\u00f0unum og m\u00e6tti \u00edmynda s\u00e9r a\u00f0 notkun or\u00f0sins \u00fear m\u00f3ta\u00f0ist af enska or\u00f0inu snowfall <\/em>sem sk\u00fdrt er 'snj\u00f3koma, snj\u00f3r; \u00feykkt jafnfallins snj\u00f3s' \u00ed Ensk-\u00edslenskri or\u00f0ab\u00f3k me\u00f0 alfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegu \u00edvafi<\/em>. En \u00fe\u00f3tt ekki s\u00e9 \u00f3sennilegt a\u00f0 tilvist or\u00f0sins snowfall<\/em> \u00ed ensku hafi \u00fdtt undir notkun snj\u00f3fall <\/em>\u00ed vestur\u00edslensku er or\u00f0i\u00f0 ekki komi\u00f0 \u00far ensku upphaflega \u2013 allnokkur d\u00e6mi<\/a> eru um \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed fornu m\u00e1li og \u00fear vir\u00f0ist \u00fea\u00f0 l\u00edka geta merkt \u201asnj\u00f3r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0u\u2018 \u00fe\u00f3tt merkingin \u201aofankoma\u2018 g\u00e6ti einnig stundum \u00e1tt vi\u00f0. \u00cd Strengleikum <\/em>fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed um 1270 segir<\/a>: \u201esvo ger\u00f0ist miki\u00f0 snj\u00f3fall a\u00f0 engir voru hamrar n\u00e9 dalir er eigi voru fullir og f\u00f6nnum huldir.\u201c \u00cd \u00d3lafs s\u00f6gu helga <\/em>segir<\/a>: \u201e\u00de\u00e1 t\u00f3k sn\u00e6fall miki\u00f0 og gj\u00f6r\u00f0ist ill f\u00e6r\u00f0in.\u201c<\/p>\n

Einst\u00f6ku d\u00e6mi m\u00e1 \u00fe\u00f3 finna \u00fear sem snj\u00f3fall <\/em>er greinilega nota\u00f0 \u00ed merkingunni 'snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0' \u2013 \u00fear g\u00e6ti veri\u00f0 um a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a \u00e1hrif fr\u00e1 or\u00f0inu skri\u00f0ufall <\/em>sem er oftast nota\u00f0 \u00ed fleirt\u00f6lu, skri\u00f0uf\u00f6ll<\/em>. \u00cd B\u00fana\u00f0arritinu <\/em>1899 segir: \u201eSk\u00f3gurinn bindur jar\u00f0veginn, snj\u00f3f\u00f6ll og skri\u00f0ur falla mj\u00f6g sjaldan.\u201c \u00cd V\u00edsi <\/em>1971 segir: \u201eSkri\u00f0uf\u00f6ll og snj\u00f3f\u00f6ll ver\u00f0a \u00e1 Austurlandi og einnig Vesturlandi.\u201c \u00cd Morgunbla\u00f0inu <\/em>2005 segir: \u201eFari\u00f0 var \u00e1 \u00e1rab\u00e1t inn a\u00f0 snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0ssta\u00f0num til a\u00f0 leita l\u00edkanna og moka\u00f0 \u00e1 m\u00f6rgum st\u00f6\u00f0um \u00ed snj\u00f3fallinu en menn fundu ekkert.\u201c En \u00feetta er undantekning og \u00fev\u00ed var r\u00e9tt a\u00f0 breyta \u00e1\u00f0urnefndri fyrirs\u00f6gn \u00e1 vef R\u00edkis\u00fatvarpsins<\/em>. Hins vegar er snj\u00f3fall<\/em>, \u00ed merkingunni 'snj\u00f3r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0u', \u00e1g\u00e6tt or\u00f0 sem vel m\u00e6tti vekja til l\u00edfsins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00cd \u201eM\u00e1lspjalli\u201c var \u00ed g\u00e6r vakin athygli \u00e1 fyrirs\u00f6gninni \u201eH\u00e6tta \u00e1 snj\u00f3f\u00f6llum til fjalla\u201c \u00e1 vef R\u00edkis\u00fatvarpsins og spurt hvort f\u00f3lk kanna\u00f0ist vi\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 snj\u00f3f\u00f6ll yfir snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0. Innleggsh\u00f6fundur sag\u00f0ist hafa \u201elengi veri\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feessum snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0abransa\u201c en aldrei heyrt \u00feetta or\u00f0 \u2013 en fannst \u00fea\u00f0 reyndar fallegt. Fyrirs\u00f6gninni hefur n\u00fa veri\u00f0 breytt \u00ed \u201eH\u00e6tta \u00e1 snj\u00f3fl\u00f3\u00f0um […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malfar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8104,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions\/8104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/eirikur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}