hólkur

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse holkr, from Proto-Germanic *hulkaz (“cavity, hollow, recess”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Swedish holk (compare Old Swedish holker), English holk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhoul̥kʏr/ === Noun === hólkur m (genitive singular hólks, nominative plural hólkar) short, hollow cylinder or tube; socket (like the shaft socket on a speartip) decorative cylinder around the tassel of a tail-cap ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skúfhólkur (“tail-cap tassel cylinder”)