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)

1. fresh snow

Declension

Declension of mjöll (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
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)