Propaganda drawing of high Icelandic: Icelanders, a kind of creature engaged in cleansing the tongue.
High Icelandic ( Isl. Háfrónska ) - ultra - puristic form of the modern Icelandic language . It got its name from “ høgnorsk ” (high Norwegian) - a conservative form of the Norwegian language . The word " frónska " is derived from " frón " - the poetic name of Iceland, which was one of the names of the Earth, appearing in the epic prose of Edda . The emphasis in high Icelandic is placed on " málgjörhreinsun " (ultrapurism) - the most extreme form of linguistic purism . The president of the language movement for high Icelandic is Petur Torstensson ( Isl. Pétur Þorsteinsson ). The language has no official status.