sǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sol"

Old Norse

Etymology

From sǫlr (“sallow; pale, wan; dry, withered”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz.

Noun

sǫl n (dative singular sǫlvi, genitive plural sǫlva)

1. (sometimes in the plural) dulse

Declension

Declension of sǫl (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sǫl	sǫlit	sǫl	sǫlin
accusative	sǫl	sǫlit	sǫl	sǫlin
dative	sǫlvi	sǫlvinu	sǫlum	sǫlunum
genitive	sǫls	sǫlsins	sǫlva	sǫlvanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: söl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: søl, sòl
• Norwegian Bokmål: søl, soll

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “söl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 429; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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