mǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mol"

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Proto-Germanic *muldō (“soil, dirt”).

Noun

mǫl f (genitive malar)

1. shingle, pebbles, gravel

Declension

  Declension of mǫl (strong ō-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mǫl	mǫlin
accusative	mǫl	mǫlina
dative	mǫl	mǫlinni
genitive	malar	malarinnar

Descendants

• Icelandic: möl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mòl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mǫl

1. accusative singular indefinite of mǫlr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “möl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 307; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/307 Internet Archive]

Anagrams

• lǫm