Myndir

Myndir is the Icelandic word for pictures or images, and can also refer to films depending on context. The singular is mynd and the plural is myndir. The term is used across photography, visual arts, journalism, and cinema.

In visual arts and photography, myndir denotes still images produced by cameras or other devices, or reproduced in print or digital media. Each image is a mynd; a collection of images is myndir.

In cinema and moving pictures, the standard term for a film is kvikmynd, with the plural kvikmyndir. The word myndir can appear in broader, informal usage to refer to films in headlines or casual speech, but kvikmynd is preferred in formal writing. The distinction mirrors the general difference between still and moving images in Icelandic.

Etymology: mynd stems from Old Norse mynd, meaning image or form; related terms include myndlist (visual arts) and myndheimur (world of images).