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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *polHwós (“pale, gray”).
Adjective
fǫlr (accusative fǫlvan)
- pale
- 1000s, Sigtuna box
ᚠᚢᚼᛚ × ᚢᛅᛚᚢᛅ × ᛋᛚᛅᛁᛏ × ᚠᛅᛚᚢᚬᚾ × ᚠᚬᚾᚴᛆᚢᚴ × ᚬᚾᚬᛋᛅᚢᚴᛅ
fuhl × ualua × slait × faluąn × fąnkauk × ąnąsauka- fugl velva sleit fǫlvan / fann gauk á nás auka
- A bird tore the pale robber apart / one found an increase/swelling on the corpse-bird.
Declension
Strong declension of fǫlr
Declension of comparative of fǫlr
Strong declension of superlative of fǫlr
Weak declension of superlative of fǫlr
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- fölr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.