kall

From Proto-Albanian *kalei-, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to prick, jab (into); thrust (into)”). Cognate to Lithuanian kálti (“to strike, forge”) and Russian коло́ть (kolótʹ, “to prick, jab, hoe, hack”).^[1]

• këllas, kalloj, qëlloj

kall (aorist kalla, participle kallë)

1. to stick (on, into), put (up), thrust, instigate

From Proto-Albanian *kapna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- (“smoke, seethe”).

kall (aorist kalla, participle kallë)

1. to burn

• kalla
• kallëzoj

From Proto-Albanian *kalsa, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat”). The exact formation may be either *kolh₂-sos, whence also Proto-Slavic *kolsъ (“ear of grain”),^[1][2][3] or *kolh₂-os, whence also Proto-Slavic *kolъ (“stake”).^[4]

kall m

1. (Arbëresh) straw, chaff

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Cognate with Swedish karl.

kall m

1. man (male human)
2. husband

stem=strong ''a''-stem

• IPA^(key): /kʰatl/
• Rhymes: -atl

kall n (genitive singular kalls, nominative plural köll)

1. call, shout

   Synonyms: hróp, óp, hljóð

• kalla (“to call”)
• köllun

kall m (genitive singular kalls, nominative plural kallar)

1. (colloquial) Alternative spelling of karl

kall

1. imperative of kalle

From Old Norse kall. See also the verb kalla (“to call”).

kall n (definite singular kallet, indefinite plural kall, definite plural kalla)

1. a calling or vocation, religious or otherwise
2. an office and/or the geographic area of said office

• prestekall

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kar. Cognates include Elfdalian kall and Swedish karl.

kall m (definite singular kallen, indefinite plural kallar, definite plural kallane)

1. an old man

   Synonym: gubbe

2. a married man, husband

   kall og kjerring ― husband and wife

3. dude, bloke, guy, chap, man

   Synonym: kar

4. (folklore) (a general term for) a male supernatural creature
5. a male bird

   Synonyms: hannfugl, stegg

6. an old tree (with its crown cut)
7. (often in compounds) an axle
8. (botany) a flower of various genera

• kjerring, kjelling

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kall

1. imperative of kalla

kall

1. Misspelling of kald.

• “kall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From the verb kalla (“to call, shout”).

kall n (genitive kalls)

1. call, cry, shouting
2. appellation, name

• ákall

• Danish: kald
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kall
• Icelandic: kall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kall
• Swedish: kall

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

From Old Swedish kalder, kaller, from Old Norse kaldr, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

• IPA^(key): /kalː/

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kall

1. cold; having a low temperature.
2. unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

• kyla

Inherited from Old Norse kall. Related to Swedish and Old Norse verb kalla.

kall n

1. a calling (strong urge to dedicate oneself to something, often an occupation felt to have a higher purpose)
2. (rare) a call (of an animal)

• kall in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kall in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kall in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)