jökull

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See also: Jökull and jǫkull

Icelandic[edit]

FWOTD – 3 February 2013

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ JÖKULL from Cleasby/Vigfusson
  2. ^ jøkel substantiv, fælleskøn

Further reading[edit]

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