Faroese

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)

1. mountain

Declension

Derived terms

• ísfjall
• gosfjall
• eldfjall

Related terms

• tindur
• brekka
• berg
• brattur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjatl/

  Rhymes: -atl

Noun

fjall n ‎(genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)

1. mountain
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Elds er þörf

     þeim er inn er kominn

     og á kné kalinn.

     Matar og voða

     er manni þörf,

     þeim er hefir um fjall farið.

     Fire he needs

     who with frozen knees

     Has come from the cold without;

     Food and clothes

     must the farer have,

     The man from the mountains come.

Declension

Derived terms

• fjalllaus
• Svartfjallaland

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɑlː/

Noun

fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)

1. mountain

Declension

Derived terms

• fjǫllóttr ‎(“mountainous”, adjective)

Descendants

• Danish: fjeld
• English: fell
• Faroese: fjall
• Icelandic: fjall, fell
• Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell
• Swedish: fjäll

References

• fjall in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press