jökull

See also: Jökull

Icelandic
FWOTD – 3 February 2013

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz, *jikilaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjœːkʏtl/
    Rhymes: -œːkʏtl

Noun

jökull m (genitive singular jökuls, nominative plural jöklar)

  1. glacier
    • 1886, Benedikt Gröndal, Sagan af Heljarslóðarorrustu:
      Þar er klofsnjór á sumrum, en jökull á vetrum.
      There is hip-deep snow in summer, but glacier in winter.

Declension
declension of jökull
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jökull jökullinn jöklar jöklarnir
accusative jökul jökulinn jökla jöklana
dative jökli jöklinum jöklum jöklunum
genitive jökuls jökulsins jökla jöklanna

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. JÖKULL from Cleasby/Vigfusson
  2. jøkel substantiv, fælleskøn
  3. jökel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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