bǫl

See also: bol, böl, ból, boel, and -ból

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balwą, whence also English bale.

Noun

bǫl n

1. bale, misfortune

Declension

  Declension of bǫl (strong wa-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǫl	bǫlit	bǫl	bǫlin
accusative	bǫl	bǫlit	bǫl	bǫlin
dative	bǫlvi	bǫlvinu	bǫlum	bǫlunum
genitive	bǫls	bǫlsins	bǫlva	bǫlvanna

Derived terms

• bǫlbœn f (“imprecation”)
• bǫlfengi f (“malice”)
• bǫlrann n (“house of woe”)
• bǫlstafir m pl (“'evil runes', misfortune”)
• bǫlva (“to curse”)
• bǫlvan f (“a curse”)
• bǫlvasmiðr m (“the contriver of mischief (Loki)”)
• Bǫlverkr m (“evildoer (Odin)”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: böl

References

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