vaðill

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • vaðall, vǫðull

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wadilą. See vaða.

Noun

vaðill m (genitive vaðils, plural vaðlar)

  1. ford, shallow water

Declension

Declension of vaðill (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vaðill vaðillinn vaðlar vaðlarnir
accusative vaðil vaðilinn vaðla vaðlana
dative vaðli vaðlinum vǫðlum vǫðlunum
genitive vaðils vaðilsins vaðla vaðlanna

The plural forms may be used interchangeably with the plural forms of vǫðull.

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: val m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: val m

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vaðill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 467; also available at the Internet Archive
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