hlaup

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hlaup (“leap, jump”), from hlaupa (“to leap”) (whence Icelandic hlaupa (“to run”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̥øyːp/
    Rhymes: -øyːp

Noun

hlaup n (genitive singular hlaups, nominative plural hlaup)

  1. a run, the act of running
    Synonym: skeið
  2. a race, sprint
    Synonym: kapphlaup
    Tekurðu þátt í hlaupinu?
    Will you be participating in the race?
  3. (of food) jelly, aspic
    Fiskur í hlaupi.
    Jellied fish.
  4. barrel (tube in a gun that the bullet goes through)
  5. a glacial flood; jökulhlaup
    Synonym: jökulhlaup

Declension

Declension of hlaup (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hlaup hlaupið hlaup hlaupin
accusative hlaup hlaupið hlaup hlaupin
dative hlaupi hlaupinu hlaupum hlaupunum
genitive hlaups hlaupsins hlaupa hlaupanna

Derived terms

  • hlaupvídd
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