ǫl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚢ (alu), but in any case from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Noun

ǫl n (genitive ǫls, dative ǫlvi, plural ǫl)

1. ale; beer

Declension

  Declension of ǫl (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫl	ǫlit	ǫl	ǫlin
accusative	ǫl	ǫlit	ǫl	ǫlin
dative	ǫlvi	ǫlvinu	ǫlum	ǫlunum
genitive	ǫls	ǫlsins	ǫlva	ǫlvanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ǫl er annarr maðr (‘ale is another man’)
• ǫlkrásir
• ǫlreifr
• ǫlsiðr
• ǫlskál
• ǫlteiti

Descendants

• Icelandic: öl
• Faroese: øl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øl, ol
• Old Swedish: øl
  • Swedish: öl
• Old Danish: øl
  • Danish: øl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øl, (obsolete) øll
• Elfdalian: öl
• Old Gutnish: öl, ööl
  • Gutnish: öl

References

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