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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hlaup (“leap, jump”), from hlaupa (“to leap”) (whence Icelandic hlaupa (“to run”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hlaup n (genitive singular hlaups, nominative plural hlaup)
- a run, the act of running
- a race, sprint
- Tekurðu þátt í hlaupinu?
- Will you be participating in the race?
- (of food) jelly, aspic
Fiskur í hlaupi.- Jellied fish.
- barrel (tube in a gun that the bullet goes through)
- a glacial flood; jökulhlaup
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