hallr
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ), ᚺᚨᛚᛁ (hali), from Proto-Germanic *halluz m. In Proto-Germanic originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an a-stem by the time of the inscription on Stenstad stone, dated approximately to the 400s.[1]
Noun edit
hallr m (genitive halls, plural hallar)
Declension edit
Declension of hallr (strong a-stem)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hallur
- (Faroese: halli)
- Norn: hallj
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
- Old Swedish: hal
- Danish: hald
- Norwegian Bokmål: hall
- → Scots: hall (Shetlandish)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“sloping, inclined”)
Adjective edit
hallr
Declension edit
Strong declension of hallr
Weak declension of hallr
Declension of comparative of hallr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hallari | hallari | hallara |
| accusative | hallara | hallari | hallara |
| dative | hallara | hallari | hallara |
| genitive | hallara | hallari | hallara |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hallari | hallari | hallari |
| accusative | hallari | hallari | hallari |
| dative | hǫllurum | hǫllurum | hǫllurum |
| genitive | hallari | hallari | hallari |
Strong declension of superlative of hallr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hallastr | hǫllust | hallast |
| accusative | hallastan | hallasta | hallast |
| dative | hǫllustum | hallastri | hǫllustu |
| genitive | hallasts | hallastrar | hallasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hallastir | hallastar | hǫllust |
| accusative | hallasta | hallastar | hǫllust |
| dative | hǫllustum | hǫllustum | hǫllustum |
| genitive | hallastra | hallastra | hallastra |
Weak declension of superlative of hallr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hallasti | hallasta | hallasta |
| accusative | hallasta | hǫllustu | hallasta |
| dative | hallasta | hǫllustu | hallasta |
| genitive | hallasta | hǫllustu | hallasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hǫllustu | hǫllustu | hǫllustu |
| accusative | hǫllustu | hǫllustu | hǫllustu |
| dative | hǫllustum | hǫllustum | hǫllustum |
| genitive | hǫllustu | hǫllustu | hǫllustu |
Derived terms edit
- hallæri (“bad harvest”, literally “sloping year”)
Related terms edit
- hella (“to pour out”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2021 June 2 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2 June 2021
Further reading edit
- “hallr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press