hallr
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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