jökull

See also: Jökull

Icelandic

FWOTD – 3 February 2013

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz, *jikilaz. 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.

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