stjǫlr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *staluz.

Noun

stjǫlr m (genitive stjalar, dative stili)

1. rump, hind part; tail

Declension

  Declension of stjǫlr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stjǫlr	stjǫlrinn	stilir	stilirnir
accusative	stjǫl	stjǫlinn	stjǫlu	stjǫluna
dative	stili	stilinum	stjǫlum	stjǫlunum
genitive	stjalar	stjalarins	stjala	stjalanna

Descendants

• Faroese: stjølur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: styl

References

• “stjǫlr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press