| Example in Icelandic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Á aðfangadagskvöld fóru Jack Morrison og Leonard Richter inn í logandi hús, þrátt fyrir gífurlega hættu og björguðu lífi ungrar stúlku. | On the night of Christmas Eve, Baltimore firefighters Jack Morrison and Leonard Richter entered a blazing apartment block, despite enormous danger to themselves, and saved a young girl's life. |
| Á ađfangadagskvöld fķru Jack Morrison og Leonard Richter inn í logandi hús, ūrátt fyrir gífurlega hættu og björguđu lífi ungrar stúlku. | On the night of Christmas Eve, Baltimore firefighters... Jack Morrison and Leonard Richter entered a blazing apartment block despite enormous danger to themselves and saved a young girl's life. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | لظي,نشق | Dutch | blaken, laaien, opvlammen |
| English | blaze | Estonian | eretama, lahvama, leegitsema, leekima, lokendama, lõõmama, tulistama |
| Finnish | hehkuttaa, leimuta, loimuta, roihuta | French | flamboyer |
| German | aufflammen, lodern, lohen | Greek | σελαγίζω, σελεμιάζω, σελεμίζω, φλέγομαι |
| Hungarian | lángol | Italian | fiammeggiare, folgoreggiare, sfolgorare |
| Lithuanian | liepsnoti | Polish | nacinać |
| Russian | полыхать, пылать, пыхать | Spanish | llamear |