bagall

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bagall, from Old Irish bachall (or perhaps from Old English [Term?]), from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːɣatl/

Noun

bagall m (genitive singular bagals, nominative plural baglar)

1. crosier

   Synonyms: biskupsstafur, krókstafur

Declension

Declension of bagall (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bagall	bagallinn	baglar	baglarnir
accusative	bagal	bagalinn	bagla	baglana
dative	bagli	baglinum	böglum	böglunum
genitive	bagals	bagalsins	bagla	baglanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Noun

bagall m (genitive bagals, plural baglar)

1. a bishop's staff or crosier

Declension

  Declension of bagall (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bagall	bagallinn	baglar	baglarnir
accusative	bagal	bagalinn	bagla	baglana
dative	bagli	baglinum	bǫglum	bǫglunum
genitive	bagals	bagalsins	bagla	baglanna

Derived terms

• bagalstafr m (“crosier”)
• baglaðr (“crooked, deformed”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: bagall

Further reading

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