Word of the year 1919

In Iceland, the word of the year is chosen annually, both by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (AMI). We explore the possibility of doing the same but for a year more than 100 years ago. We try using the same methods as AMI does for our times. This approach has various limitations, which we discuss, and raises many questions, such as how much texts from journals and periodicals reflect the actual word use of the time.