hǫkull

See also: hökull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hakulaz.

Noun

hǫkull m (genitive hǫkuls, plural hǫklar)

1. (ecclesiastical) priest's cope, chasuble

Declension

Declension of hǫkull (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫkull	hǫkullinn	hǫklar	hǫklarnir
accusative	hǫkul	hǫkulinn	hǫkla	hǫklana
dative	hǫkli	hǫklinum	hǫklum	hǫklunum
genitive	hǫkuls	hǫkulsins	hǫkla	hǫklanna

Derived terms

• hǫkulbrœkr f pl
• hǫkulskúaðr

Descendants

• Icelandic: hökull
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hakel
• Danish: hagel
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hagel

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hökull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225; also available at the Internet Archive