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hraun

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hraun, according to Pokorny, from the same source as Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (haystack, pile).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hraun n (genitive singular hrauns, nominative plural hraun)

  1. (geology) lava

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag