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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gljúfr, possibly from Proto-Germanic *gleubō-, *gleubaz, *glub, *gleub-, from Pre-Germanic *glub (“slit, opening”), from a substrate language. See also Dutch glop (“opening, hole”) and gleuf (“slit”).
However, also compare gleypa (“to gulp”), from *gleupan, *glūpan.
Pronunciation
Noun
gljúfur n (genitive singular gljúfurs, nominative plural gljúfur)
- canyon, gorge
Declension
Declension of gljúfur (neuter)
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gleuf”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “gleupan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181