Questions & Answers about Vikan líður hratt.
In Icelandic, definiteness is shown by a suffix rather than a separate article. Vika means “a week,” and when you want “the week,” you add -n for feminine nouns of the first declension:
• vika (indefinite) → vikan (definite)
So vikan translates as the week.
Here líður is the 3rd person singular present of líða meaning “to pass” (of time). Conjugation in present tense is:
Ég líð
Þú líður
Hann/hún líður
Við líkum
Þið líkið
Þeir líða
So vikan líður literally means “the week passes.”
Yes. Líða also means “to feel” (well, sick, etc.) when used with a dative pronoun:
• Mér líður vel. → “I feel well.”
Context and case marking tell you which meaning—“time passes” vs. “to feel.”