tól

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tol"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔuːl/

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, plural tól)

1. tool, instrument

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tól	tólið	tól	tólini
accusative	tól	tólið	tól	tólini
dative	tóli	tólinum	tólum	tólunum
genitive	tóls	tólsins	tóla	tólanna

Synonyms

• amboð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tól, frim Proto-Germanic *tōlą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰouːl/
• Rhymes: -ouːl

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, nominative plural tól)

1. tool, implement

   Synonyms: tæki, verkfæri

Declension

Declension of tól (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tól	tólið	tól	tólin
accusative	tól	tólið	tól	tólin
dative	tóli	tólinu	tólum	tólunum
genitive	tóls	tólsins	tóla	tólanna

Derived terms

• heyrnartól (“headphones, earphones”)
• símtól (“handset”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“tool”). Cognate with Old English tōl.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈtoːl/

Noun

tól n pl

1. (plural only) tools, instruments
   • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     […] tangir skópu, / ok tól görðu.

     […] tongs shaped / and tools made.

Declension

Declension of tól (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tól	tólin
accusative	tól	tólin
dative	tólum	tólunum
genitive	tóla	tólanna

Derived terms

• tólakista (“tool-chest”)

Descendants

• Faroese: tól n
• Icelandic: tól n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tol n
• Old Swedish: tol

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “tól”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 638
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tól”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 440; also available at the Internet Archive