hraun

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r̥øyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

hraun n (genitive singular hrauns, nominative plural hraun)

1. (geology) lava

Declension

declension of hraun

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hraun	hraunið	hraun	hraunin
accusative	hraun	hraunið	hraun	hraunin
dative	hrauni	hrauninu	hraunum	hraununum
genitive	hrauns	hraunsins	hrauna	hraunanna

Derived terms

• apalhraun
• helluhraun