höll

See also: holl, hóll, hǫll, høll, and holl.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫll, from Proto-Germanic *hallō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal, hide”). Cognate with English hall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hœtl/

  Rhymes: -œtl

Noun

höll f (genitive singular hallar, nominative plural hallir)

1. palace

Declension

Declension of höll (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	höll	höllin	hallir	hallirnar
accusative	höll, höllu1	höllina	hallir	hallirnar
dative	höll, höllu1	höllinni	höllum	höllunum
genitive	hallar	hallarinnar	halla	hallanna

¹Archaic or literary.

Derived terms

• élhöll
• konungshöll
• hallarvirki
• Valhöll

Swedish

Verb

höll

1. past indicative of hålla