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It’s pronounced exactly like it’s spelled. 
English needs to start using “Þ” again, such a handy character. I blame the Normans. 
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RobWords and I agree with you re: the thorn.
Not quite. Icelandic inserts an alveolar tap in the “rn” and the “ll” digraphs, so it would be more like Thorrbjardnarfedl
(Using double r to represent the more rolled r pronunciation in Icelandic, and single l for consonant shortness in ll)
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Having spent far too long back in the day learning how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull (mostly I think to annoy my newsreader sister in law) I approve of this message.
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Interaction of magma and ground water.
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