gljúfur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gljúfr, possibly from Proto-Germanic *gleubō-, *gleubaz, *glub, *gleub-, from Pre-Germanic *glub (“slit, opening”), from a substrate language. See also Dutch glop (“opening, hole”) and gleuf (“slit”).

However, also compare gleypa (“to gulp”), from *gleupan, *glūpan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkljuːvʏr/
• Rhymes: -uːvʏr

Noun

gljúfur n (genitive singular gljúfurs, nominative plural gljúfur)

1. canyon, gorge

Declension

Declension of gljúfur (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gljúfur	gljúfrið	gljúfur	gljúfrin
accusative	gljúfur	gljúfrið	gljúfur	gljúfrin
dative	gljúfri	gljúfrinu	gljúfrum	gljúfrunum
genitive	gljúfurs	gljúfursins	gljúfra	gljúfranna

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gleuf”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• Guus Kroonen (2013) “gleupan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181