All Icelandic vowels can be long or short.
They are normally pronounced short if followed by a double consonant or a consonant combination other than the ones mentioned above. The accent of Icelandic words fall in almost all cases on the first syllable. In these two cases, the accent falls equally on the first two syllables or mainly on the second syllable. As far as I know. . . Eftir v sem g best veit. . .