hallr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.[1]
Noun
[edit]hallr m (genitive halls, plural hallar)
Declension
[edit] Declension of hallr (strong a-stem)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: hallur
- (Faroese: halli)
- Norn: hallj
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
- Old Swedish: hal
- Danish: hald
- Norwegian Bokmål: hall
- → Scots: hall (Shetlandish)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“sloping, inclined”)
Adjective
[edit]hallr
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of hallr
Weak declension of hallr
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
[edit]- hallæri (“bad harvest”, literally “sloping year”)
Related terms
[edit]- hella (“to pour out”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2021 June 2 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2 June 2021
Further reading
[edit]- “hallr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press