völ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vol"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫl (neuter plural or feminine singular). The word might be an Old Norse (or later Icelandic) alteration of an original neuter plural (the plural of val), since it is in Old Norse definitely attested in neuter plural but perhaps also in feminine singular, or else the feminine word is inherited from Proto-Germanic *walō and identical to Old High German wala (“choice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vœːl/

  Rhymes: -œːl

Noun

völ f (genitive singular valar, no plural)

1. choice

Declension

Note: the genitive is unattested.

Synonyms

• (choice): kostur, val

Derived terms

• sá á kvölina sem á völina

References

• “völ” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vielä.

Adverb

völ

1. yet

Volapük

Noun

völ (nominative plural völs)

1. interior wall

Declension

declension of völ

	singular	plural
nominative	völ	völs
genitive	völa	völas
dative	völe	völes
accusative	völi	völis
vocative 1	o völ!	o völs!
predicative 2	völu	völus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• mön