haull

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse haull, from Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“breach, rupture, hernia”). Cognate with Old English hēala (“rupture, hernia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høytl/
• Rhymes: -øytl

Noun

haull m (genitive singular hauls, nominative plural haular)

1. (medicine) rupture, hernia

   Synonyms: hnútur, kviðslit

Declension

Declension of haull (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haull	haullinn	haular	haularnir
accusative	haul	haulinn	haula	haulana
dative	haul	haulnum	haulum	haulunum
genitive	hauls	haulsins	haula	haulanna

Further reading

• “haull” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)