haull

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse haull, from Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“breach, rupture, hernia”). Cognate with Old English hēala (“rupture, hernia”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /høytl/
  • Rhymes: -øytl

Noun

haull m (genitive singular hauls, nominative plural haular)

  1. (medicine) rupture, hernia
    Synonyms: hnútur, kviðslit

Declension

Declension of haull (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative haull haullinn haular haularnir
accusative haul haulinn haula haulana
dative haul haulnum haulum haulunum
genitive hauls haulsins haula haulanna

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