hæl

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛˀl]

From Old Norse hæll (“heel”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, cognate with English heel and Dutch hiel.

hæl c (singular definite hælen, plural indefinite hæle)

1. (anatomy) heel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hæl

1. imperative of hæle

• IPA^(key): /hɛaːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːl

hæl

1. indefinite accusative singular of hælur

hæl m

1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of hæll

From Old Norse hæll.

hæl m (definite singular hælen, indefinite plural hæler, definite plural hælene)

1. (anatomy, also of shoes, socks, etc.) a heel

• akilleshæl

• “hæl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hæll, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz. Akin to English heel.

• IPA^(key): /heːl/
  • Homophone: hel
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /hæːɽ/
  • Homophone: herd

hæl m (definite singular hælen, indefinite plural hælar, definite plural hælane)

1. (anatomy, also of shoes, socks, etc.) a heel

• akilleshæl

• “hæl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hæl (present tense hæle, past tense hæla, past participle hæla)

1. (dialectal, apocope spelling, Trøndersk) alternative form of hæla (“to stand smth., to bother to do smth.”)

The negation form of present tense is hæl itj, in the same pattern as "funk itj" ("does not work"), "lik itj" ("does not like"), "skjøn itj" ("does not understand"), "årsk itj", "gidd itj", etc.

• IPA^(key): /xæːl/, [hæːl]

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz. Cognate with Old Norse heill (Danish held (“luck”), Norwegian hell), Old High German heil (German Heil).

hǣl n (hapax legomenon)

1. omen

Strong z-stem:

hǣl

1. alternative form of hāl