hóll

See also: holl, höll, hǫll, høll, and holl.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hóll, from Proto-Germanic *huhalaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /houtl/

  Rhymes: -outl

Noun

hóll m (genitive singular hóls, nominative plural hólar)

1. hill, hillock

Declension

declension of hóll

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hóll	hóllinn	hólar	hólarnir
accusative	hól	hólinn	hóla	hólana
dative	hóli / hól	hólinum / hólnum	hólum	hólunum
genitive	hóls	hólsins	hóla	hólanna

Derived terms

• vera eins og álfur út úr hól

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hváll

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /hoːlː/

  Rhymes: -oːlː

Noun

hóll m (genitive hóls, plural hólar)

1. hill, hillock, knoll

Declension

  Declension of hóll (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hóll	hóllinn	hólar	hólarnir
accusative	hól	hólinn	hóla	hólana
dative	hóli	hólinum	hólum	hólunum
genitive	hóls	hólsins	hóla	hólanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hóll
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hól, hol
• Norwegian Bokmål: hol
• Elfdalian: hól, ’ol, uol

References

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