hǫll

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hallō.

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒlː/

Noun

hǫll f (genitive hallar, plural hallir)

1. hall

Inflection

Declension of hǫll (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫll	hǫllin	hallir	hallirnar
accusative	hǫll	hǫllina	hallir	hallirnar
dative	hǫll, hǫllu	hǫllinni, hǫllunni	hǫllum	hǫllunum
genitive	hallar	hallarinnar	halla	hallanna

Derived terms

• Valhǫll

Descendants

• Icelandic: höll
• Faroese: høll
• Norwegian Bokmål: hall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
• Old Swedish: hal
  • Swedish: hall
• Danish: hal

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “höll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225; also available at the Internet Archive