í vændum
Icelandic
Etymology
From the now-archaic term vænd (“hope, prospects”), from væna (“give hope”), from Proto-Germanic *wēnijaną.
Prepositional phrase
í vændum
- for something to be upcoming, for an event to be approaching
- Það er stormur í vændum. ― A storm is soon coming.
Synonyms
- væntanlegur, í aðsigi, stutt í