fogl

See also: fögl and Fogl

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, whence also Old English fugol (English fowl), Old Frisian fugel (West Frisian fûgel), Old Saxon fugal (Low German Vagel), Old Dutch fogal (Dutch vogel), Old High German fogal (German Vogel), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).

Noun

fogl m

  1. bird

Declension

Declension of fogl (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fogl foglinn foglar foglarnir
accusative fogl foglinn fogla foglana
dative fogli foglinum foglum foglunum
genitive fogls foglsins fogla foglanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fugl
  • Faroese: fuglur
  • Norn: fugl, ful
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fugl; (dialectal) fogl, føgl, faugl
  • Jamtish: fugł
  • Elfdalian: fugel
  • Old Swedish: fughl, foghl, ᚠᚢᚵᚼᛚ
  • Old Danish: fughl
    • Danish: fugl
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fugl
    • Scanian: fuğl
  • Gutnish: fäugel

Further reading

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