jøkul

See also: Jøkul

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of Old Norse jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).

Noun

jøkul m (genitive singular jøkuls, plural jøklar)

1. glacier

Declension

m21	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jøkul	jøkulin	jøklar	jøklarnir
accusative	jøkul	jøkulin	jøklar	jøklarnar
dative	jøkli	jøklinum	jøklum	jøklunum
genitive	jøkuls	jøkulsins	jøkla	jøklanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialects

• jukul
• jukel
• jòkule, jòkuli
• jòkli
• jòkel
• jògel
• jòkedl
• jókedl
• jukedl
• jukudl (Vossamål)
• jogedl
• jugedl
• ljokedl

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”), whence also jake. Cognate with Faroese jøkul, Icelandic jökull and English ickle (> icicle).

Noun

jøkul m (definite singular jøkulen, indefinite plural jøklar, definite plural jøklane)

1. arm of/part of a glacier
2. icicle

References

• “jøkul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.