hóll

See also: holl, höll, hǫll, høll, and holl.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hóll, from Proto-Germanic *huhalaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /houtl/

  Rhymes: -outl

Noun

hóll m (genitive singular hóls, nominative plural hólar)

1. hill, hillock

Declension

Declension of hóll (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hóll	hóllinn	hólar	hólarnir
accusative	hól	hólinn	hóla	hólana
dative	hól, hóli1	hólnum	hólum	hólunum
genitive	hóls	hólsins	hóla	hólanna

¹Rare except in place names.

Derived terms

• vera eins og álfur út úr hól

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hváll

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /hoːlː/

  Rhymes: -oːlː

Noun

hóll m (genitive hóls, plural hólar)

1. hill, hillock, knoll

Declension

Declension of hóll (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hóll	hóllinn	hólar	hólarnir
accusative	hól	hólinn	hóla	hólana
dative	hóli	hólinum	hólum	hólunum
genitive	hóls	hólsins	hóla	hólanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hóll
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hól, hol
• Norwegian Bokmål: hol
• Elfdalian: uoll

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hóll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hóll”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 218; also available at the Internet Archive