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also fi nd expressions like það logar upp ‘it burns up’ and vera bálreiður
‘be furious (lit. bonfi re-angry)’ in Íslenskt orðanet. In the MÍM, there
are examples such as brennandi reiði ‘burning anger’ and hvítglóandi
af bræði ‘white-hot with rage’, but there are not very many of these
expressions. With regard to the animal metaphor, few examples can
be found in the MÍM.
Finally, the verb roðna is also one of the signifi cant collocates of
reiði. The verb corresponds to the English blush. This is a physiologi-
cal eff ect of anger and metonymically indicates the emotion.
(12) Stefán roðnaði, bæði af reiði og skömm.
Stefán blushed both of anger and shame
‘Stefán blushed, both with anger and shame’
(BAEKUR-B3J)
According to Kövecses (1990), the expression in (12) is categorized
into the metonymy redness in face and neck are (for anger).9 Kövec-
ses claims that the fluid metaphor is partly based on this metonymy.
Considering that the fluid metaphor is the central metaphor for reiði,
it is natural that roðna is signifi cantly associated with the emotion.10
4.3 The Icelandic reiði and the English anger
This study concludes, according to the MI score, that the central meta-
phor for reiði is the fluid metaphor. While this result is in line with
9 In the MÍM, there are also instances of other physiological eff ects and behav ioral
responses, although they are not signifi cantly associated with reiði. Here are
examples of agitation (i,ii) and swelling (iii):
(i) Samt stóð hann þarna skjálfandi af bræði.
yet stood he there shaking of rage
‘Yet he stood there shaking with rage’ (BAEKUR-B0V)
(ii) Fingurnir titruðu af bræði.
fi ngers.the shivered of rage
‘The fi ngers shivered with rage’ (BAEKUR-B2R)
(iii) Ég sá andlitið á Gunna bólgna upp af reiði [...]
I saw face.the on Gunni swell up of anger
‘I saw Gunni’s face swelling up with anger’ (BLOGG-V1BAD)
10 Indeed, (12) is not genuinely metonymical, as the emotion word appears in the
sentence. However, Oster (2010) claims that such an expression can also be an
instantiation of metonymy, to the extent that the physiological eff ect is strongly
connected to the emotion.
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