sǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sol"

Old Norse

Etymology

From sǫlr (“sallow; pale, wan; dry, withered”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz.

Noun

sǫl n (dative singular sǫlvi, genitive plural sǫlva)

  1. (sometimes in the plural) dulse

Declension

Declension of sǫl (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sǫl sǫlit sǫl sǫlin
accusative sǫl sǫlit sǫl sǫlin
dative sǫlvi sǫlvinu sǫlum sǫlunum
genitive sǫls sǫlsins sǫlva sǫlvanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: söl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søl, sòl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søl, soll

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “söl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 429; also available at the Internet Archive
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