hvel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰvɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

Etymology

From Old Norse hvél (“wheel”), from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm. Compare Old Saxon hwiol, Old Frisian hwēl.

Noun

hvel n (genitive singular hvels, nominative plural hvel)

1. hemisphere
   1. (geography) half of the Earth
   2. (anatomy) cerebral hemisphere

      Synonym: heilahvel

   3. (architecture) dome

      Synonyms: hvelfing, hvolf, festing

2. wheel

   Synonym: hjól

3. disc, circle

   Synonyms: kringla, hringur

Declension

Declension of hvel (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvel	hvelið	hvel	hvelin
accusative	hvel	hvelið	hvel	hvelin
dative	hveli	hvelinu	hvelum	hvelunum
genitive	hvels	hvelsins	hvela	hvelanna

Further reading

• “hvel” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)