jökull
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz, *jikilaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
Declension[edit]
declension of jökull
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References[edit]
- ^ JÖKULL from Cleasby/Vigfusson
- ^ jøkel substantiv, fælleskøn