mjöll

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫll, from Proto-Germanic *mellō, related to *malaną (“to grind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mjœtl/, [mjœtl̥]
Rhymes: -œtl

Noun

mjöll f (genitive singular mjallar, no plural)

fresh snow

Declension

declension of mjöll

	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular
nominative	mjöll	mjöllin
accusative	mjöll	mjöllina
dative	mjöll	mjöllinni
genitive	mjallar	mjallarinnar

Further reading

“mjöll” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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