fjall

See also: fjäll and Fjäll

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjatl/

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)

1. mountain

Declension

Declension of fjall (n10)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjall	fjallið	fjøll	fjøllini
accusative	fjall	fjallið	fjøll	fjøllini
dative	fjalli	fjallinum	fjøllum	fjøllunum
genitive	fjals	fjalsins	fjalla	fjallanna

Derived terms

• ísfjall
• gosfjall
• eldfjall

Related terms

• tindur
• brekka
• berg
• brattur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjatl/

  Rhymes: -atl

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)

1. mountain
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Elds er þörf

     þeim er inn er kominn

     og á kné kalinn.

     Matar og voða

     er manni þörf,

     þeim er hefir um fjall farið.

     Fire he needs

     who with frozen knees

     Has come from the cold without;

     Food and clothes

     must the farer have,

     The man from the mountains come.

Declension

Declension of fjall (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjall	fjallið	fjöll	fjöllin
accusative	fjall	fjallið	fjöll	fjöllin
dative	fjalli	fjallinu	fjöllum	fjöllunum
genitive	fjalls	fjallsins	fjalla	fjallanna

Derived terms

• eldfjall (“volcano”)
• fjalllaus
• fjallganga
• koma af fjöllum
• Svartfjallaland

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɑlː/

Noun

fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)

1. mountain

Declension

Declension of fjall (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjall	fjallit	fjǫll	fjǫllin
accusative	fjall	fjallit	fjǫll	fjǫllin
dative	fjalli	fjallinu	fjǫllum	fjǫllunum
genitive	fjalls	fjallsins	fjalla	fjallanna

Derived terms

• fjǫllóttr (“mountainous”, adjective)
• Harvaðafjǫll (“Carpathian mountains”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjall, fell
• Faroese: fjall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell; (dialectal) fjall, fjadd, fjedl
• Old Swedish: fiæl
  • Swedish: fjäll
• Danish: fjeld
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
• → Middle English: fell, fel
  • Scots: fell, fiold
  • English: fell

Further reading

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