bǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bol"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balwą, whence also English bale.

Noun

bǫl n

  1. bale, misfortune

Declension

Declension of bǫl (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bǫl bǫlit bǫl bǫlin
accusative bǫl bǫlit bǫl bǫlin
dative bǫlvi bǫlvinu bǫlum bǫlunum
genitive bǫls bǫlsins bǫlva bǫlvanna

Derived terms

  • bǫlbœn f (“imprecation”)
  • bǫlfengi f (“malice”)
  • bǫlrann n (“house of woe”)
  • bǫlstafir m pl (“'evil runes', misfortune”)
  • bǫlva (“to curse”)
  • bǫlvan f (“a curse”)
  • bǫlvasmiðr m (“the contriver of mischief (Loki)”)
  • Bǫlverkr m (“evildoer (Odin)”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: böl

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “böl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83; also available at the Internet Archive
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.