hlaup

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̥øyːp/

  Rhymes: -øyːp

Noun

hlaup n (genitive singular hlaups, nominative plural hlaup)

1. a run, the act of running

   Synonym: skeið

2. a race, sprint

   Synonym: kapphlaup

   Tekurðu þátt í hlaupinu?

   Will you be participating in the race?

3. (of food) jelly, aspic

   Fiskur í hlaupi.

   Jellied fish.

4. barrel (tube in a gun that the bullet goes through)
5. a glacial flood; jökulhlaup

   Synonym: jökulhlaup

Declension

Declension of hlaup (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hlaup	hlaupið	hlaup	hlaupin
accusative	hlaup	hlaupið	hlaup	hlaupin
dative	hlaupi	hlaupinu	hlaupum	hlaupunum
genitive	hlaups	hlaupsins	hlaupa	hlaupanna

Derived terms

• hlaupvídd