hallr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ), ᚺᚨᛚᛁ (hali), from Proto-Germanic *halluz m. In Proto-Germanic originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an a-stem by the time of the inscription on Stenstad stone, dated approximately to the 400s.

Noun

hallr m (genitive halls, plural hallar)

1. slope, hill
2. rock, stone

Declension

  Declension of hallr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hallr	hallrinn	hallar	hallarnir
accusative	hall	hallinn	halla	hallana
dative	halli	hallinum	hǫllum	hǫllunum
genitive	halls	hallsins	halla	hallanna

Related terms

• hella f
• hellir m

Descendants

• Icelandic: hallur
• (Faroese: halli)
• Norn: hallj
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
• Old Swedish: hal
  • Swedish: hall (dialectal), häll
• Danish: hald
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hall
• → Scots: hall (Shetlandish)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“sloping, inclined”)

Adjective

hallr

1. leaning to one side, lying over, sloping
2. biassed, partial

Declension

    Strong declension of hallr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallr	hǫll	hallt
accusative	hallan	halla	hallt
dative	hǫllum	hallri	hǫllu
genitive	halls	hallrar	halls
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallir	hallar	hǫll
accusative	halla	hallar	hǫll
dative	hǫllum	hǫllum	hǫllum
genitive	hallra	hallra	hallra

    Weak declension of hallr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	halli	halla	halla
accusative	halla	hǫllu	halla
dative	halla	hǫllu	halla
genitive	halla	hǫllu	halla
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫllu	hǫllu	hǫllu
accusative	hǫllu	hǫllu	hǫllu
dative	hǫllum	hǫllum	hǫllum
genitive	hǫllu	hǫllu	hǫllu

    Declension of comparative of hallr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallari	hallari	hallara
accusative	hallara	hallari	hallara
dative	hallara	hallari	hallara
genitive	hallara	hallari	hallara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallari	hallari	hallari
accusative	hallari	hallari	hallari
dative	hǫllurum	hǫllurum	hǫllurum
genitive	hallari	hallari	hallari

    Strong declension of superlative of hallr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallastr	hǫllust	hallast
accusative	hallastan	hallasta	hallast
dative	hǫllustum	hallastri	hǫllustu
genitive	hallasts	hallastrar	hallasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallastir	hallastar	hǫllust
accusative	hallasta	hallastar	hǫllust
dative	hǫllustum	hǫllustum	hǫllustum
genitive	hallastra	hallastra	hallastra

    Weak declension of superlative of hallr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hallasti	hallasta	hallasta
accusative	hallasta	hǫllustu	hallasta
dative	hallasta	hǫllustu	hallasta
genitive	hallasta	hǫllustu	hallasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫllustu	hǫllustu	hǫllustu
accusative	hǫllustu	hǫllustu	hǫllustu
dative	hǫllustum	hǫllustum	hǫllustum
genitive	hǫllustu	hǫllustu	hǫllustu

Derived terms

• hallæri (“bad harvest”, literally “sloping year”)

Related terms

• hella (“to pour out”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hallur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
• Norwegian Bokmål: hall

Further reading

• “hallr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press