jökull
See also: jǫkull and 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)
- 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.
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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
- jökulhlaup
- Vatnajökull
Related terms
- jaki
Descendants
- → Danish: jøkel
- Norwegian Bokmål: jøkel
- → English: jokul
- → Swedish: jökel
References
- JÖKULL from Cleasby/Vigfusson
- jøkel substantiv, fælleskøn