bólstr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

bulstr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bulstraz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

bólstr m (genitive bólstrs, plural bólstrar)

bolster, pillow

Declension

Declension of bólstr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bólstr	bólstrinn	bólstrar	bólstrarnir
accusative	bólstr	bólstrinn	bólstra	bólstrana
dative	bólstri	bólstrinum	bólstrum	bólstrunum
genitive	bólstrs	bólstrsins	bólstra	bólstranna

Descendants

Danish: bolster
Icelandic: bólstur
Norwegian Nynorsk: bolster
Old Swedish: bolster, bulster
- Swedish: bolster

References

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

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