hlaup

Icelandic

From Old Norse hlaup (“leap, jump”), from hlaupa (“to leap”) (whence Icelandic hlaupa (“to run”)).

hlaup n (genitive singular hlaups, nominative plural hlaup)

a run, the act of running
a race, sprint
Tekurðu þátt í hlaupinu?
Will you be participating in the race?
(of food) jelly, aspic
Fiskur í hlaupi.
Jellied fish.
barrel (tube in a gun that the bullet goes through)
a glacial flood; jökulhlaup

Declension of hlaup (neuter)