ensk.is is a free and open public domain online English-Icelandic dictionary.
The author of the original dictionary, Geir T. Zoëga (1857-1928), was an English language teacher and later rector at the Learned School of Reykjavík in the years 1883-1927. The first edition was published in 1896. The digitised, extended and sanitised version presented here is based on the much-improved third edition (1932) edited by Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson.
This new edition of the dictionary has been comprehensively updated and modernised. The text now conforms to modern Icelandic orthography, various errors in the original were corrected, and the vocabulary has been significantly expanded to reflect contemporary usage.
The dictionary currently contains 37697 entries, of which 8440 are new additions (22.4%). More statistics here.
Ensk.is provides an easy-to-use JSON API. However, for bulk processing or low-latency applications, the downloadable version is recommended.
The current editor and maintainer is Sveinbjörn Þórðarson.
This dictionary is in the public domain within all countries where permitted under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. The dictionary source files and the source code to the web application are available on GitHub, the latter under a BSD license.
This website does not use cookies, does not store user searches, does not require JavaScript, and does not use services such as Google Analytics to collect data.
It takes time and money to host and improve this online dictionary. If you would like to support this project, please make a donation to Sveinbjorn Thordarson (editor and maintainer) using PayPal: