fjall
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)
Declension edit
n10 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fjall | fjallið | fjøll | fjøllini |
Accusative | fjall | fjallið | fjøll | fjøllini |
Dative | fjalli | fjallinum | fjøllum | fjøllunum |
Genitive | fjals | fjalsins | fjalla | fjallanna |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fjall n (genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)
- mountain
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
- Elds er þörf
- þeim er inn er kominn
- og á kné kalinn.
- Matar og voða
- er manni þörf,
- þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
- Fire he needs
- who with frozen knees
- Has come from the cold without;
- Food and clothes
- must the farer have,
- The man from the mountains come.
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
Declension edit
declension of fjall
Derived terms edit
- eldfjall (“volcano”)
- fjalllaus
- fjallganga
- koma af fjöllum
- Svartfjallaland
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)
Declension edit
Declension of fjall (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- fjǫllóttr (“mountainous”, adjective)
- Harvaðafjǫll (“Carpathian mountains”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: fjall, fell
- Faroese: fjall
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell; (dialectal) fjall, fjadd
- Old Swedish: fiæl
- Swedish: fjäll
- Danish: fjeld
- Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
- → Middle English: fell, fel
References edit
- “fjall”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press