støl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "stol"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /støːl/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stǫðull. Attested as Staaelen (definite form) by Søren Fermann’s Tinn dialect glossary (ca. 1760). Attested in compound as Stølehuus by Christen Jensøn (1646).

Noun

støl m (definite singular stølen, indefinite plural stølar, definite plural stølane)

  1. a saeter (a livestock pasture with buildings, traditionally used between May and September)
  2. milking place outside the main farm area
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Adjective

støl (masculine and feminine støl, neuter stølt, definite singular and plural støle, comparative stølare, indefinite superlative stølast, definite superlative stølaste)

  1. alternative form of styrd (“stiff, sore in the muscles”)

Further reading

  • “støl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Oddvar Nes (1994). Ei ordsamling frå Tinn, published in Helsing til Lars Vassenden.
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 80
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