bǫllr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”).

Noun

bǫllr m (genitive ballar, plural bellir)

1. round object, sphere, ball
2. testicle

   Synonym: eista

Declension

Declension of bǫllr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǫllr	bǫllrinn	bellir	bellirnir
accusative	bǫll	bǫllinn	bǫllu	bǫlluna
dative	belli	bellinum	bǫllum	bǫllunum
genitive	ballar	ballarins	balla	ballanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: böllur
• Faroese: bøllur (“lump, clump; something rolled up”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: ball
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ball
• Old Swedish: balder, baller
  • Swedish: boll
• Old Danish: ball, boll, bold
  • Danish: bold; balde, balle (“ball of hand or foot, buttock”)