bylur hæst í tómri tunnu
Icelandic
Etymology
From the third-person present indictive bylur (“reverberates, resounds”) and hæst (“loudest”) and í (“in”) and the feminine singular dative tómri (“empty”) and the singular dative tunnu (“in a barrel”); literally meaning "it reverberates the most in an empty barrel".
Proverb
- (proverbs) empty barrels make the most noise; (the ignorant make the most noise)
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