jǫkulkaldr

Old Norse

Etymology

From jǫkull (“icicle, glacier”) +‎ kaldr (“cold”).

Adjective

jǫkulkaldr (not comparable)

1. ice-cold

Declension

Strong declension of jǫkulkaldr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jǫkulkaldr	jǫkulkǫld	jǫkulkalt
accusative	jǫkulkaldan	jǫkulkalda	jǫkulkalt
dative	jǫkulkǫldum	jǫkulkaldri	jǫkulkǫldu
genitive	jǫkulkalds	jǫkulkaldrar	jǫkulkalds
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jǫkulkaldir	jǫkulkaldar	jǫkulkǫld
accusative	jǫkulkalda	jǫkulkaldar	jǫkulkǫld
dative	jǫkulkǫldum	jǫkulkǫldum	jǫkulkǫldum
genitive	jǫkulkaldra	jǫkulkaldra	jǫkulkaldra

Weak declension of jǫkulkaldr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jǫkulkaldi	jǫkulkalda	jǫkulkalda
accusative	jǫkulkalda	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkalda
dative	jǫkulkalda	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkalda
genitive	jǫkulkalda	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkalda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkǫldu
accusative	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkǫldu
dative	jǫkulkǫldum	jǫkulkǫldum	jǫkulkǫldum
genitive	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkǫldu	jǫkulkǫldu

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: jøklekald, jøkulkald

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jökulkaldr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 234; also available at the Internet Archive