bǫl

See also: bol, böl, ból, boel, and -ból

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balwą, whence also English bale.

Noun

bǫl n

  1. bale, misfortune

Declension
  Declension of bǫl (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bǫl bǫlit bǫl bǫlin
accusative bǫl bǫlit bǫl bǫlin
dative bǫlvi bǫlvinu bǫlum bǫlunum
genitive bǫls bǫlsins bǫlva bǫlvanna

Derived terms
  • bǫlbœn f (“imprecation”)
  • bǫlfengi f (“malice”)
  • bǫlrann n (“house of woe”)
  • bǫlstafir m pl (“'evil runes', misfortune”)
  • bǫlva (“to curse”)
  • bǫlvan f (“a curse”)
  • bǫlvasmiðr m (“the contriver of mischief (Loki)”)

Descendants

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