ǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚢ (alu), but in any case from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Noun

ǫl n (genitive ǫls, dative ǫlvi, plural ǫl)

  1. ale; beer

Declension

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Declension of ǫl (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫl ǫlit ǫl ǫlin
accusative ǫl ǫlit ǫl ǫlin
dative ǫlvi ǫlvinu ǫlum ǫlunum
genitive ǫls ǫlsins ǫlva ǫlvanna

Derived terms

  • ǫl er annarr maðr (‘ale is another man’)
  • ǫlkrásir
  • ǫlreifr
  • ǫlsiðr
  • ǫlskál
  • ǫlteiti

Descendants

  • Icelandic: öl
  • Faroese: øl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øl, ol
  • Old Swedish: øl
  • Old Danish: øl
    • Danish: øl
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øl, (obsolete) øll
  • Elfdalian: öl
  • Old Gutnish: öl, ööl

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “öl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 528; also available at the Internet Archive
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