sǫðull

See also: söðull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-tló-, from *sed- (“to be seated, sit”).

Noun

sǫðull m (genitive sǫðuls, plural sǫðlar)

  1. a saddle
    leggja sǫðul á hest
    to saddle a horse
    (literally, “[to] lay saddle on [a] horse”)

Declension

Declension of sǫðull (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sǫðull sǫðullinn sǫðlar sǫðlarnir
accusative sǫðul sǫðulinn sǫðla sǫðlana
dative sǫðli sǫðlinum sǫðlum sǫðlunum
genitive sǫðuls sǫðulsins sǫðla sǫðlanna

Derived terms

  • sǫðla (“to saddle”)
  • sǫðlabúr n (“saddle-room”)
  • sǫðulbogi m (“saddle-bow”)
  • sǫðulgjǫrð f (“saddle-girth”)
  • sǫðulhringja f (“saddle-buckle”)
  • sǫðulklæði n (“saddle-cloth”)
  • sǫðulreim f (“saddle-strap”)
  • sǫðulreiði n (“saddle-harness”)
  • sǫðultreyja f (“saddle-cloth (?)”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: söðull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sal
  • Old Swedish: saþul
  • Danish: sadel

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “söðull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 428; also available at the Internet Archive
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