hóll

See also: holl, höll, hǫll, høll, and holl.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hóll, from Proto-Germanic *huhalaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /houtl/
    Rhymes: -outl

Noun

hóll m (genitive singular hóls, nominative plural hólar)

  1. hill, hillock

Declension

Declension of hóll (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hóll hóllinn hólar hólarnir
accusative hól hólinn hóla hólana
dative hól, hóli1 hólnum hólum hólunum
genitive hóls hólsins hóla hólanna

1Rare except in place names.

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • hváll

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /hoːlː/
    Rhymes: -oːlː

Noun

hóll m (genitive hóls, plural hólar)

  1. hill, hillock, knoll

Declension

Declension of hóll (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hóll hóllinn hólar hólarnir
accusative hól hólinn hóla hólana
dative hóli hólinum hólum hólunum
genitive hóls hólsins hóla hólanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hóll
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hól, hol
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hol
  • Elfdalian: uoll

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hóll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hóll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 218; also available at the Internet Archive
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