kvǫl

See also: kvöl and kvøl

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwalō.

Noun

kvǫl f (genitive kvalar, plural kvalar)

  1. torment, torture

Declension

Declension of kvǫl (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvǫl kvǫlin kvalar, kvalir kvalarnar, kvalirnar
accusative kvǫl kvǫlina kvalar, kvalir kvalarnar, kvalirnar
dative kvǫl kvǫlinni kvǫlum kvǫlunum
genitive kvalar kvalarinnar kvala kvalanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kvöl
  • Faroese: kvøl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kval
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kval
  • Old Swedish: qval
  • Old Danish: qval, kwal

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvöl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 255; also available at the Internet Archive
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