hǫll

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hallō.

Pronunciation

  • (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhɒlː/

Noun

hǫll f (genitive hallar, plural hallir)

  1. hall

Inflection

Declension of hǫll (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫll hǫllin hallir hallirnar
accusative hǫll hǫllina hallir hallirnar
dative hǫll, hǫllu hǫllinni, hǫllunni hǫllum hǫllunum
genitive hallar hallarinnar halla hallanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: höll
  • Faroese: høll
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hall
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
  • Old Swedish: hal
  • Danish: hal

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “höll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225; also available at the Internet Archive
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