bolr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bulaz (“trunk; plank”), and cognate with German Bohle (“thick plank”). Further probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, blow”), with similar formation logic from the same root ("large swollen object") as Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”).[1]

Noun

bolr m (genitive bols, plural bolir)

  1. trunk (of a tree or the body)

Declension

  Declension of bolr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bolr bolrinn bolir bolirnir
accusative bol bolinn boli bolina
dative bol bolinum bolum bolunum
genitive bols bolsins bola bolanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bolur
  • Faroese: bulur
  • Norwegian: bol
  • Swedish: bål
  • → Middle English: bole

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀulaz ~ *ƀulō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading

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