bagall

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bagall, from Old Irish bachall (or perhaps from Old English [Term?]), from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːɣatl/

Noun

bagall m (genitive singular bagals, nominative plural baglar)

  1. crosier

Declension
declension of bagall
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bagall bagallinn baglar baglarnir
accusative bagal bagalinn bagla baglana
dative bagli baglinum böglum böglunum
genitive bagals bagalsins bagla baglanna

Synonyms
  • (crosier): biskupsstafur, krókstafur

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Noun

bagall m (genitive bagals, plural baglar)

  1. a bishop's staff or crosier

Declension
  Declension of bagall (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bagall bagallinn baglar baglarnir
accusative bagal bagalinn bagla baglana
dative bagli baglinum bǫglum bǫglunum
genitive bagals bagalsins bagla baglanna

Derived terms
  • bagalstafr m (“crosier”)
  • baglaðr (“crooked, deformed”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: bagall

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