See also: hall, håll, häll, Hall, and Häll

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse háll, from Proto-Germanic *hēlaz (slippery, deceitful), related to Middle Low German hāl (hidden) and Old High German hāli (smooth, slippery, weak). Further etymology unsure:

  • or from *kelH- (to incline).

Possible cognates in Icelandic are héla (hoarfrost) and hagl (hail).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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háll (comparative hálli or hálari, superlative hálastur)

  1. slippery
    Synonym: sleipur

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • hálka (slipperiness; slippery ice, glaze)

References

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 416
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “Hēli-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN