gljúfur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gljúfr, possibly from Proto-Germanic *gleubō-, *gleubaz, *glub, *gleub-, from Pre-Germanic *glub (“slit, opening”), from a substrate language. See also Dutch glop (“opening, hole”) and gleuf (“slit”).
However, also compare gleypa (“to gulp”), from *gleupan, *glūpan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gljúfur n (genitive singular gljúfurs, nominative plural gljúfur)
Declension edit
declension of gljúfur
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gljúfur | gljúfrið | gljúfur | gljúfrin |
| accusative | gljúfur | gljúfrið | gljúfur | gljúfrin |
| dative | gljúfri | gljúfrinu | gljúfrum | gljúfrunum |
| genitive | gljúfurs | gljúfursins | gljúfra | gljúfranna |
References edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gleuf”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gleupan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181