böllur

See also: bollur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe; glans penis”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bholn- (“a bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, to inflate, to swell”); confer the English ball.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpœtlʏr/
Rhymes: -œtlʏr

Noun

böllur m (genitive singular ballar, nominative plural bellir)

(vulgar) penis, cock, prick
(rare or archaic, vulgar) scrotum, balls
(obsolete) ball

Declension

declension of böllur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s3	singular		plural
nominative	böllur	böllurinn	bellir	bellirnir
accusative	böll	böllinn	belli	bellina
dative	belli	bellinum	böllum	böllunum
genitive	ballar	ballarins	balla	ballanna

Synonyms

(scrotum): pungur
(penis): reður, typpi

Derived terms

böllóttur

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