haull

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse haull, from Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“breach, rupture, hernia”). Cognate with Old English hēala (“rupture, hernia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høytl/
• Rhymes: -øytl

Noun

haull m (genitive singular hauls, nominative plural haular)

1. (medicine) rupture, hernia

   Synonyms: hnútur, kviðslit

Declension

declension of haull

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haull	haullinn	haular	haularnir
accusative	haul	haulinn	haula	haulana
dative	haul	haulnum	haulum	haulunum
genitive	hauls	haulsins	haula	haulanna

Further reading

• “haull” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)