ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halluz, reanalyzed as an a-stem. Cognate with Old English heall (“stone, rock”), also an a-stem.

Noun

ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ /hallaʀ/) m

1. a rock, boulder; stone

   Synonym: ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ)

   • c. 5th century, Stenstad runestone (KJ81):

     ᛁᚷᛁᛃᛟᚾᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ

     igijonhalaʀ

     Igijo’s stone

Descendants

• Old Norse: hallr
  • Icelandic: hallur
  • (Faroese: halli)
  • Norn: hallj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
  • Old Swedish: hal
    • Swedish: hall (dialectal), häll
  • Danish: hald
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hall
  • → Scots: hall (Shetlandish)