böllur

See also: bollur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe; glans penis”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“a bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, to inflate, to swell”); compare English ball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpœtlʏr/

  Rhymes: -œtlʏr

Noun

böllur m (genitive singular ballar, nominative plural bellir)

1. (vulgar) penis, cock, prick
2. (rare or archaic, vulgar) scrotum, balls
3. (obsolete) ball

Declension

declension of böllur

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	böllur	böllurinn	bellir	bellirnir
accusative	böll	böllinn	belli	bellina
dative	belli	bellinum	böllum	böllunum
genitive	ballar	ballarins	balla	ballanna

Synonyms

• (scrotum): pungur
• (penis): reður, typpi

Derived terms

• böllóttur