jökull

See also: Jökull and jǫkull

Icelandic
FWOTD – 3 February 2013

Etymology

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

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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

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

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

Further reading
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