í vændum

Icelandic

Etymology

From the now-archaic term vænd (“hope, prospects”), from væna (“give hope”), from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.

Prepositional phrase

í vændum

for something to be upcoming, for an event to be approaching
Það er stormur í vændum. ― A storm is soon coming.

Synonyms

væntanlegur, í aðsigi, stutt í

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