fǫlr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *polHwós (pale, gray).

Adjective

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fǫlr (accusative fǫlvan)

  1. pale
    fǫlr sem aska (gras, nár)
    pale as ashes (grass, a corpse)
    hann gørði fǫlvan
    he turned pale
    • 1000s, Sigtuna box
      ᚠᚢᚼᛚ × ᚢᛅᛚᚢᛅ × ᛋᛚᛅᛁᛏ × ᚠᛅᛚᚢᚬᚾ × ᚠᚬᚾᚴᛆᚢᚴ × ᚬᚾᚬᛋᛅᚢᚴᛅ
      fuhl × ualua × slait × faluąn × fąnkauk × ąnąsauka
      fugl velva sleit fǫlvan
      fann gauk á nás auka
      A bird tore the pale robber apart
      one observed an increase/swelling [of the stomach] on the corpse-bird.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fölur
  • Faroese: følin
  • Old Swedish:

References

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  • fölr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.