kvǫl

See also: kvöl and kvøl

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwalō.

Noun

kvǫl f (genitive kvalar, plural kvalar)

1. torment, torture

Declension

  Declension of kvǫl (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvǫl	kvǫlin	kvalar, kvalir	kvalarnar, kvalirnar
accusative	kvǫl	kvǫlina	kvalar, kvalir	kvalarnar, kvalirnar
dative	kvǫl	kvǫlinni	kvǫlum	kvǫlunum
genitive	kvalar	kvalarinnar	kvala	kvalanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvöl
• Faroese: kvøl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kval
• Norwegian Bokmål: kval
• Old Swedish: qval
  • Swedish: kval
• Danish: kval

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvöl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 255; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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