hlaup
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hlaup (“leap, jump”), from hlaupa (“to leap”) (whence Icelandic hlaupa (“to run”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hlaup n (genitive singular hlaups, nominative plural hlaup)
- a run, the act of running
- a race, sprint
- Tekurðu þátt í hlaupinu?
- Will you be participating in the race?
- Tekurðu þátt í hlaupinu?
- (of food) jelly, aspic
- Fiskur í hlaupi.
- Jellied fish.
- Fiskur í hlaupi.
- barrel (tube in a gun that the bullet goes through)
- a glacial flood; jökulhlaup
Declension
declension of hlaup
Synonyms
- (run): skeið
- (race): kapphlaup
- (flood): jökulhlaup