hraun

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hraun, according to Pokorny, from the same source as Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, pile”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r̥øyːn/
  • Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

hraun n (genitive singular hrauns, nominative plural hraun)

  1. (geology) lava

Declension

Declension of hraun (neuter)
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

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
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