ǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚢ (alu), but in any case from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Noun

ǫl n (genitive ǫls, dative ǫlvi, plural ǫl)

1. ale; beer

Declension

Declension of ǫl (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫl	ǫlit	ǫl	ǫlin
accusative	ǫl	ǫlit	ǫl	ǫlin
dative	ǫlvi	ǫlvinu	ǫlum	ǫlunum
genitive	ǫls	ǫlsins	ǫlva	ǫlvanna

Derived terms

• ǫl er annarr maðr (‘ale is another man’)
• ǫlkrásir
• ǫlreifr
• ǫlsiðr
• ǫlskál
• ǫlteiti

Descendants

• Icelandic: öl
• Faroese: øl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øl, ol
• Old Swedish: øl
  • Swedish: öl
• Old Danish: øl
  • Danish: øl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øl, (obsolete) øll
• Elfdalian: öl
• Old Gutnish: öl, ööl
  • Gutnish: öl

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “öl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 528; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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