Perhaps Falls Are Jumps in Winterkill, Anglicized From Vetrarmein

Summary: Perhaps falls are jumps or vice versa in Winterkill, anglicized from Vetrarmein, sixth thriller in the Dark Iceland sextet authored by Ragnar Jónasson.

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Short-eared owls (brandugla locally, Asio flammeus scientifically) account for one of four species of Strigidae (from Latin strī̆x, "screech-owl" [from Greek στρίξ, "owl, screecher"]" and -idæ, Romanized -idae [from Greek -ειδής, "connected to, from the nature of, full of, like]") true and typical owl family members in Iceland. Icelanders so appreciate their only native species that they avail themselves of it as a feminine first name, Ugla; Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 22:02, image of brandugla (Asio flammeus), in flight over Iceland: Ómar Runólfsson, CC BY 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons

Perhaps falls are jumps or vice versa in Winterkill, anglicized from Sigló, sixth thriller in the Dark Iceland sextet about Siglufjörður (Romanized Siglufjördur) Detective Inspector Ari Thór Arason by author Ragnar Jónasson.

The sixth thriller blocks artist Guðjón (Romanized Gudjón, “good god is gracious”) Helgason’s (“holy [one’s] son”) walkabout with 19-year-old Unnur’s (“to love” or “wave”?) dead body. Unnur’s father, Svavar (“Swabian [southwest German]”), chooses a Unitedstatesian doctor over her mother even as Unnur’s Unitedstatesian maternal grandfather chose his country over her maternal grandmother. Unnur dwells with her mother, Salvör (“sun spring”), in the maternal family home on Grundargata (“ground street”), just around the corner from where the former dies.

Salvör’s sister elects life abroad somewhere so Unnur encountered few peers even as Hávardar (“battle, high [or] horse guard”) esteemed her paternal grandfather among his acquaintances.

Unnur fell, or flung herself, from the top-floor balcony of the Adalgata (“specialty street”) edifice functioning first as historian Bjarki (“bearcub”) Víkingsson’s (“bay-inhabitant’s son”) parental home.

Parental deaths give Bjarki the upper part for his apartment and the lower part for a retired married couple, Jóhann (“god is gracious”) and Jónina (“dove”). Unnur hesitated interpersonally with Ólafsfjörður (Romanized Ólafsfjördur, “ancestor-legacy fjord”) high-school classmates, Salvör and Salvör’s cousin Thorleifur (“thunder heir”) and same-named son of nearby Siglunes (“sailing headland”). She interacted, at Ólafsfjördur High, less with Jenný (“gracious god”?) than Sara (“lady, princess”) and more with Bjarki, whose interest in Siglunes, Manitoba, Canada, intrigues her.

Ari Thór Arason (“eagle thunder eagle’s son”) judges whether joking or jousting respectively jostled Unnur toward accidental falls or suicidal jumps in Winterkill, anglicized from Vetrarmein.

Former Siglufjördur (“sailing fjord”) superior Tómas (“twin”) and present Akureyri (“sandbank field”) superior Selma (“faithfulest, god helmet, good view, happy famous, sun-man”?) keep Ari Thór knowledgeable.

The local lore mentally lodged by Siglufjördur-born and bred Reverend Eggert (“awe strong, weapon-edge strong”?) and Reyjkavík Superintendent Tómas likewise launches Ari Thór after crime-solving leads. Ari Thór manages with one Siglufjördur station policeman, Ögmundur (“awe protector, weapon-edge protection”?), and with Siglufjördur nursing home employee and tipster, Ugla (“[short-eared] owl [Asio flammeus]”). Thormódur Hávardarson (“thunder-courage battle, high, horse guard’s son”?), whose father, Hávardar, nestles into Dr. Hersir’s (“chieftain”) nursing home, numbers among Ari Thór’s Eyrargata (“gravel-bank street”) neighbors.

Ari Thór and Ugla in Winterkill, anglicized from Vetrarmein, observe perhaps more than one occurrence of accidental falls as homicidal or suicidal jumps or vice versa.

Dóra (“gift, thunder”?) pulls full-time shifts with Ugla at the nursing home that art gallery owner-operator Rosa’s (“rose”) husband, Dr. Hersir, partitions into eight two-patient rooms.

One room, of four two-bed, two-patient rooms downstairs, quartered, as first two nursing-home patients, Rosa’s aunt, wealthy widow of the Siglufjördur area’s biggest shipowner, with Hávardar. Ari Thór resides in the new hotel where Unnur Svavarsdóttir’s (“Swabian’s daughter”) father retains a room during his sojourn for his only child’s Lutheran Church funeral. Ari Thór sees them so little that ex-girlfriend Kristín (“Christ-bearer”) shortens her and their son Stefnir’s (“helmsman”) stay, and sojourns with more sollicitous hosts, her parents.

Falls and jumps turn out as accidental, homicidal or suicidal falls or jumps in Winterkill, anglicized from Vetrarmein, translated as “winter damage, disease, harm, illness” literally.

Winterkill, anglicized from Vetrarmein, alludes to adverse consequences of aggressive topography and antagonistic weather. The Icelandic ambiance appeals to native white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla, scientifically). Perhaps the Accipitridae (from Latin accipiter, "hawk, merlin, rapacious man" and -idæ, Romanized -idae [from Greek -ειδής, "connected to, from the nature of, full of, like]") birds of prey, eagle, hawk, kite, vulture family members are among what Siglufjörður (Romanized Siglufjördur, “sailing fjord”) Detective Inspector Ari Thór Arason (“eagle thunder eagle’s son”) associates most with the first 2.5 decades of his life in Höfuðborgarsvæðið (Romanized Höfudborgarsvaedid, Greater Reykjavík ["smoky bay"], "The Capital Region" literally), which assures white-tailed eagles nesting areas in southeast Iceland. Perhaps their klee-klee articulations attracted him as son of Iceland Symphony Orchestra violinist Hafdís ("oceean, sea goddess"); distribution map of nesting areas (neon green), all-year residences (dark green) and wintering areas (blue) for Iceland's white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla): The Engineer, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons

Acknowledgment

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Short-eared owls (brandugla locally, Asio flammeus scientifically) account for one of four species of Strigidae (from Latin strī̆x, "screech-owl" [from Greek στρίξ, "owl, screecher"]" and -idæ, Romanized -idae [from Greek -ειδής, "connected to, from the nature of, full of, like]") true and typical owl family members in Iceland. Icelanders so appreciate their only native species that they avail themselves of it as a feminine first name, Ugla; Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 22:02, image of brandugla (Asio flammeus), in flight over Iceland: Ómar Runólfsson, CC BY 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Short-eared_Owl_-_Asio_flammeus_-_Brandugla.jpg

Winterkill, anglicized from Vetrarmein, alludes to adverse consequences of aggressive topography and antagonistic weather. The Icelandic ambiance appeals to native white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla, scientifically). Perhaps the Accipitridae (from Latin accipiter, "hawk, merlin, rapacious man" and -idæ, Romanized -idae [from Greek -ειδής, "connected to, from the nature of, full of, like]") birds of prey, eagle, hawk, kite, vulture family members are among what Siglufjörður (Romanized Siglufjördur, “sailing fjord”) Detective Inspector Ari Thór Arason (“eagle thunder eagle’s son”) associates most with the first 2.5 decades of his life in Höfuðborgarsvæðið (Romanized Höfudborgarsvaedid, Greater Reykjavík ["smoky bay"], "The Capital Region" literally), which assures white-tailed eagles nesting areas in southeast Iceland. Perhaps their klee-klee articulations attracted him as son of Iceland Symphony Orchestra violinist Hafdís ("oceean, sea goddess"); distribution map of nesting areas (neon green), all-year residences (dark green) and wintering areas (blue) for Iceland's white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla): The Engineer, CC BY SA 3.0 Unported, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliaeetus_albicilla_distribution_map.png

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Marriner, Derdriu. 9 August 2022. "Outside, Anglicized From Úti, Appends Party of Two." Earth and Space News. Tuesday.
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