bólstr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• bulstr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bulstraz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

bólstr m (genitive bólstrs, plural bólstrar)

1. bolster, pillow

Declension

Declension of bólstr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bólstr	bólstrinn	bólstrar	bólstrarnir
accusative	bólstr	bólstrinn	bólstra	bólstrana
dative	bólstri	bólstrinum	bólstrum	bólstrunum
genitive	bólstrs	bólstrsins	bólstra	bólstranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bólstur
• Norwegian: bolster
• Old Swedish: bulster, bolster, ᛒᚢᛚᛋᛏᚽᚱ
  • Swedish: bolster
• Danish: bolster

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bólstr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 65; also available at the Internet Archive