jǫkull

See also: jökull and Jökull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jekulaz, diminutive of jaki, so akin to jaki +‎ -ill.

Noun

jǫkull m (genitive jǫkuls, plural jǫklar)

  1. icicle
  2. ice
  3. glacier

Declension

Declension of jǫkull (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jǫkull jǫkullinn jǫklar jǫklarnir
accusative jǫkul jǫkulinn jǫkla jǫklana
dative jǫkli jǫklinum jǫklum jǫklunum
genitive jǫkuls jǫkulsins jǫkla jǫklanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: jökull
    • → Danish: jøkel
    • → English: jokul
    • → Swedish: jökel
  • Faroese: jøkul, jøkil
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jøkul, jøkle; (dialectal) jukul
  • Old Swedish: īkil
    • Swedish: ickel (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: egle

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jökull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 234; also available at the Internet Archive
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