hæl

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See also: -hal, HAL, Hal, Ħal, hal, hâl, hál, hàl, häl, hål, and ħal

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hæll (heel), from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, cognate with English heel and Dutch hiel.

Noun

hæl c (singular definite hælen, plural indefinite hæle)

  1. (anatomy) heel
Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hæl

  1. imperative of hæle

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

hæl

  1. indefinite accusative singular of hælur

Icelandic

Noun

hæl m

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of hæll

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse hæll.

Noun

hæl m (definite singular hælen, indefinite plural hæler, definite plural hælene)

  1. (anatomy, also of shoes, socks, etc.) a heel

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hæll, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz. Akin to English heel.

Pronunciation

Noun

hæl m (definite singular hælen, indefinite plural hælar, definite plural hælane)

  1. (anatomy, also of shoes, socks, etc.) a heel
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

Verb

hæl (present tense hæle, past tense hæla, past participle hæla)

  1. (dialectal, apocope spelling, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of hæla (to stand smth., to bother to do smth.)

Usage notes

The negation form of present tense is hæl itj, in the same pattern as "funk itj" ("does not work"), "lik itj" ("does not like"), "skjøn itj" ("does not understand"), "årsk itj", "gidd itj", etc.

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz. Cognate with Old Norse heill (Danish held (luck), Norwegian hell), Old High German heil (German Heil).

Noun

hǣl n (hapax)

  1. omen
Declension

Strong z-stem:

singular plural
nominative hǣl hǣlru
accusative hǣl hǣlru
genitive hǣles hǣlra
dative hǣle hǣlrum

Etymology 2

Adjective

hǣl

  1. Alternative form of hāl
Declension