kjóll

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Icelandic

Kjóll á gínu (A dress on a mannequin).

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish kjole, contracted from kjortel, cognate to Icelandic kyrtill.

Pronunciation

Noun

kjóll m (genitive singular kjóls, nominative plural kjólar)

  1. a dress, a frock

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz.

Noun

kjóll m (genitive kjóls, plural kjólar)

  1. (poetic, heiti) ship

Declension

Derived terms

  • arinkjóll (house, literally hearth-ship)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kjóll