fogl

See also: fögl

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• fugl

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, whence also Old English fugol (English fowl), Old Frisian fugel (West Frisian fûgel), Old Saxon fugal (Low German Vagel), Old Dutch fogal (Dutch vogel), Old High German fogal (German Vogel), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).

Noun

fogl m

1. bird

Declension

Declension of fogl (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fogl	foglinn	foglar	foglarnir
accusative	fogl	foglinn	fogla	foglana
dative	fogli	foglinum	foglum	foglunum
genitive	fogls	foglsins	fogla	foglanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fugl
• Faroese: fuglur
• Norn: fugl, ful
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fugl; (dialectal) fogl, føgl, faugl
• Jamtish: fugł
• Elfdalian: fugel
• Old Swedish: fughl, foghl, ᚠᚢᚵᚼᛚ
  • Swedish: fågel, fogel
    • → Finnish: fogeli (Helsinki)
• Old Danish: fughl
  • Danish: fugl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fugl
  • Scanian: fuğl
• Gutnish: fäugel

Further reading

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