falr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

  • (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈfa.lr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *falhuz.

Noun

falr m (genitive fals, plural falir)

  1. a socket at the back of a spearhead, into which the shaft is placed
Declension
Declension of falr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative falr falrinn falir falirnir
accusative fal falinn fali falina
dative fal falinum fǫlum fǫlunum
genitive fals falsins fala falanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: falur
  • Faroese: falur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fal
  • Norman: falle

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “falr1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *falaz.

Adjective

falr

  1. for sale
Declension
Strong declension of falr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falr fǫl falt
accusative falan fala falt
dative fǫlum falri fǫlu
genitive fals falrar fals
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative falir falar fǫl
accusative fala falar fǫl
dative fǫlum fǫlum fǫlum
genitive falra falra falra
Weak declension of falr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fali fala fala
accusative fala fǫlu fala
dative fala fǫlu fala
genitive fala fǫlu fala
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlu fǫlu fǫlu
accusative fǫlu fǫlu fǫlu
dative fǫlum fǫlum fǫlum
genitive fǫlu fǫlu fǫlu
Declension of comparative of falr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falari falari falara
accusative falara falari falara
dative falara falari falara
genitive falara falari falara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative falari falari falari
accusative falari falari falari
dative fǫlurum fǫlurum fǫlurum
genitive falari falari falari
Strong declension of superlative of falr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falastr fǫlust falast
accusative falastan falasta falast
dative fǫlustum falastri fǫlustu
genitive falasts falastrar falasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative falastir falastar fǫlust
accusative falasta falastar fǫlust
dative fǫlustum fǫlustum fǫlustum
genitive falastra falastra falastra
Weak declension of superlative of falr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falasti falasta falasta
accusative falasta fǫlustu falasta
dative falasta fǫlustu falasta
genitive falasta fǫlustu falasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlustu fǫlustu fǫlustu
accusative fǫlustu fǫlustu fǫlustu
dative fǫlustum fǫlustum fǫlustum
genitive fǫlustu fǫlustu fǫlustu
Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “falr2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive