vagl

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vagle

Etymology

From Old Norse vagl.

Noun

vagl m (definite singular vaglen, indefinite plural vagler, definite plural vaglene)
vagl n (definite singular vaglet, indefinite plural vagl or vagler, definite plural vagla or vaglene)

1. a perch or roost (for birds)

References

• “vagl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vagle

Etymology

From Old Norse vagl.

Noun

vagl m (definite singular vaglen, indefinite plural vaglar, definite plural vaglane)
vagl n (definite singular vaglet, indefinite plural vagl, definite plural vagla)

1. a perch or roost (for birds)

References

• “vagl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wag(a)laz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰlos, cognate with Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos).

Noun

vagl m

1. beam (especially as a roost for chickens)

Descendants

• Icelandic: vagl
• Faroese: vagl
• Norwegian Bokmål: vagl, vagle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vagl, vagle

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vagl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive