jökull

See also: jǫkull and Jökull

Icelandic

FWOTD – 3 February 2013

Etymology

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

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

• jökulhlaup
• Vatnajökull

Related terms

• jaki

Descendants

• → Danish: jøkel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jøkel
• → English: jokul
• → Swedish: jökel