Eftir feluleikinn snýr hún sér við og hvíslar að mér að hún vilji fara heim.

Eftir means after here, and in this meaning it takes the accusative case.

So:

• feluleikur = hide-and-seek / a hiding game
• feluleikinn = the hide-and-seek game in the accusative singular

That is why you get Eftir feluleikinn = After the hide-and-seek game.

The ending -inn is the definite article attached to the noun.

So:

• feluleikur = a hide-and-seek game
• feluleikinn = the hide-and-seek game

Icelandic usually attaches the to the end of the noun instead of writing it as a separate word like English does.

This is because of Icelandic V2 word order in main clauses.

In Icelandic, the finite verb usually comes in the second position. Since the sentence starts with the time phrase Eftir feluleikinn, the verb moves next:

• Eftir feluleikinn snýr hún sér við ...

If the sentence started directly with the subject, you would get:

• Hún snýr sér við ...

So the inversion here is completely normal.

Snúa sér við is a common expression meaning to turn around.

Literally, it is something like:

• snýr = turns
• sér = herself / to herself (reflexive pronoun)
• við = a particle that helps form the expression

So hún snýr sér við means she turns around.

The word sér is used because the action is reflexive: she turns herself around.

That depends on the verb and the grammar of the expression.

With snúa sér við, the reflexive pronoun is in the dative, so you get:

• ég sný mér við
• þú snýrð þér við
• hún snýr sér við

So sér is the correct dative reflexive form here.

The verb að hvísla often takes að + dative for the person you whisper to.

So:

• hvísla að einhverjum = to whisper to someone
• mér is the dative form of ég

That is why:

• hvíslar að mér = whispers to me

They are doing two different jobs.

1. hvíslar að mér

   • here að is a preposition
   • it means to

2. að hún vilji fara heim

   • here að is a conjunction
   • it means that

So the sentence contains both:

• to me
• that she wants to go home

Even though both words look the same, their grammatical roles are different.

Vilji is the present subjunctive of vilja (to want).

In a clause after a verb like hvíslar (whispers), Icelandic often uses the subjunctive to present what someone says, thinks, wants, or reports, rather than stating it directly as a plain fact.

So:

• hún vill fara heim = she wants to go home
• að hún vilji fara heim = that she wants to go home in reported/subordinate form, with subjunctive nuance

This is a very common thing for learners to notice, because English usually does not mark this difference clearly.

In everyday speech, you may sometimes hear vill in similar contexts, but vilji is a standard and very natural choice here.

Because this is a full subordinate clause with its own subject and verb:

• að hún vilji fara heim

That clause means that she wants to go home, and Icelandic normally keeps the subject explicitly there.

English also does this:

• she whispers to me that she wants to go home

So the second hún is not redundant; it is the subject of the subordinate clause.

Because the two parts belong to different kinds of clauses.

Main clause

• Eftir feluleikinn snýr hún sér við ...
• Icelandic main clauses follow the V2 rule, so the finite verb comes second.

Subordinate clause

• að hún vilji fara heim
• subordinate clauses do not usually show that same main-clause inversion
• the subject normally comes before the verb

So:

• main clause: snýr hún
• subordinate clause: hún vilji

That contrast is very typical in Icelandic.

Fara heim means to go home.

In Icelandic, heim often works like an adverb meaning home(ward), so you do not need a separate preposition like English to.

Compare:

• fara heim = go home
• koma heim = come home

This is similar to English, which also says go home, not go to home.

Yes. The main verbs are present tense:

• snýr = turns
• hvíslar = whispers

And the subordinate verb is also present, but in the subjunctive:

• vilji = want(s) in subjunctive form

This kind of present tense can be used in ordinary present-time meaning, but it can also sound like narrative present, where events are described vividly as if happening right now.

Yes. That is the most natural translation in most contexts.

Although the Icelandic expression contains a reflexive pronoun, you usually do not translate each part mechanically. So:

• snýr sér við = turns around

not usually something like:

• turns herself around

unless you specifically want a very literal gloss for learning purposes.