Sterk orð — strong feelings, and two mild oaths

Saying you hate something

hata is to hate, and it is used about things and situations far more than about people: ég hata kalt veður.

drepa is to kill. Outside the news it turns up mostly about insects, plants and frost.

Two words to recognise, and to use carefully

Both are mild by Icelandic standards — closer to damn than to anything stronger — and you will hear them daily. Used alone they express frustration at a situation, not at a person.

guðinn the god is the ordinary noun, used in stories and about religion.