hjallr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *helþaz (“outhouse, shed”).

Noun

hjallr m

1. scaffold, frame of timber
2. shed (for drying fish)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjallur
• Faroese: hjallur
• Swedish: hjälle
• Norwegian: hjell, hell, hjedl, kjedl, sjall, hil (dialectal)
• Danish: hjald