fǫlr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *polHwós (“pale, gray”).

Adjective

fǫlr (accusative fǫlvan)

  1. pale
    fǫlr sem aska (gras, nár)
    pale as ashes (grass, a corpse)
    hann gørði fǫlvan
    he turned pale
    • 1000s, Sigtuna box
      ᚠᚢᚼᛚ × ᚢᛅᛚᚢᛅ × ᛋᛚᛅᛁᛏ × ᚠᛅᛚᚢᚬᚾ × ᚠᚬᚾᚴᛆᚢᚴ × ᚬᚾᚬᛋᛅᚢᚴᛅ
      fuhl × ualua × slait × faluąn × fąnkauk × ąnąsauka
      fugl velva sleit fǫlvan
      fann gauk á nás auka
      A bird tore the pale robber apart
      one observed the corpse-bird swell [from eating the robber].

Declension
    Strong declension of fǫlr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlr fǫl fǫlt
accusative fǫlvan fǫlva fǫlt
dative fǫlum fǫlri fǫlu
genitive fǫls fǫlrar fǫls
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvir fǫlvar fǫl
accusative fǫlva fǫlvar fǫl
dative fǫlum fǫlum fǫlum
genitive fǫlra fǫlra fǫlra
    Weak declension of fǫlr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvi fǫlva fǫlva
accusative fǫlva fǫlu fǫlva
dative fǫlva fǫlu fǫlva
genitive fǫlva fǫlu fǫlva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlu fǫlu fǫlu
accusative fǫlu fǫlu fǫlu
dative fǫlum fǫlum fǫlum
genitive fǫlu fǫlu fǫlu
    Declension of comparative of fǫlr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvari fǫlvari fǫlvara
accusative fǫlvara fǫlvari fǫlvara
dative fǫlvara fǫlvari fǫlvara
genitive fǫlvara fǫlvari fǫlvara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvari fǫlvari fǫlvari
accusative fǫlvari fǫlvari fǫlvari
dative fǫlurum fǫlurum fǫlurum
genitive fǫlvari fǫlvari fǫlvari
    Strong declension of superlative of fǫlr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvastr fǫlust fǫlvast
accusative fǫlvastan fǫlvasta fǫlvast
dative fǫlustum fǫlvastri fǫlustu
genitive fǫlvasts fǫlvastrar fǫlvasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvastir fǫlvastar fǫlust
accusative fǫlvasta fǫlvastar fǫlust
dative fǫlustum fǫlustum fǫlustum
genitive fǫlvastra fǫlvastra fǫlvastra
    Weak declension of superlative of fǫlr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlvasti fǫlvasta fǫlvasta
accusative fǫlvasta fǫlustu fǫlvasta
dative fǫlvasta fǫlustu fǫlvasta
genitive fǫlvasta fǫlustu fǫlvasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫlustu fǫlustu fǫlustu
accusative fǫlustu fǫlustu fǫlustu
dative fǫlustum fǫlustum fǫlustum
genitive fǫlustu fǫlustu fǫlustu

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: fölur
  • Faroese: følin
  • Old Swedish:

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