vǫllr

See also: vollur, völlur, vøllur, and Völlur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). Cognate with Old English weald, wald, Old Frisian wald, Old Saxon wald, Old High German wald. According to Kloekhorst, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”)[1] and cognate with Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”).

Pronunciation

  • (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /wɒlːɹ̝/
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈvɒlːr̩/
  • (Textbook Old Norse) IPA(key): /ˈvɔlːr̩/

Noun

vǫllr m (genitive vallar, dative velli, plural vellir)

  1. field, flat ground, meadow

Declension

Declension of vǫllr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vǫllr vǫllrinn vellir vellirnir
accusative vǫll vǫllinn vǫllu vǫlluna
dative velli vellinum vǫllum vǫllunum
genitive vallar vallarins valla vallanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: völlur
  • Faroese: vøllur
  • Norn: vällj, vaddl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: voll; (dialectal) vøll, vodd’e
  • Old Swedish: valder
  • Old Danish: wold, wall

References

  1. ^ Alwin Kloekhorst (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers
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