af erlendu bergi brotinn

Etymology
"Af X bergi brotinn" literally means "broken from an X rock". It is most likely a Biblically-inspired analogy describing each person as being carved out of a specific rock, with that rock therefore being their origin.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  (a person who is) of a foreign origin or has a foreign background; (a person who) was born in a foreign country but now lives here

Related terms

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