kræklingur

Same origin as Icelandic kræklingur (“mussel”), related to Icelandic krækla (“crooked branch”) and Icelandic kræklóttur (“gnarled, stunted”).

Perhaps also influenced by Old Norse kráka (“crow”), as in Old Norse krákuskel (“mussel”).

Compare also Old Norse krækiber (“crowberry”), Norwegian krekling (“crowberry”) and Icelandic krækilyng (“Black crowberry (shrub)”).

See also Old Norse krakligr (“slender, thin and weak”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛaːklɪŋkʊɹ/

kræklingur m (genitive singular kræklings, plural kræklingar)

1. blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)

• kræklingsskel

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰraihkliŋkʏr/

  Rhymes: -aihkliŋkʏr

kræklingur m (genitive singular kræklings, nominative plural kræklingar)

1. mussel