hæla

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

hæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hældi, supine hælt)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to praise

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • hæle (e-infinitive)
  • hæl (apocope, dialectal)

Etymology

From dialectal form of herda. Compare Norwegian Bokmål hæle with same meaning.

Verb

hæla (present tense hæler, past tense hæla, past participle hæla)

  1. to bother to do smth.
  2. to stand smth., to tolerate

Synonyms

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

hǣla

  1. genitive plural of hǣlu