tól

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, plural tól)

  1. tool, instrument

Declension

Declension of tól
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tól tólið tól tólini
accusative tól tólið tól tólini
dative tóli tólinum tólum tólunum
genitive tóls tólsins tóla tólanna

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tól, frim Proto-Germanic *tōlą.

Pronunciation

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, nominative plural tól)

  1. tool, implement
    Synonyms: tæki, verkfæri

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōlą (tool). Cognate with Old English tōl.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈtoːl/

Noun

tól n pl

  1. (plural only) tools, instruments
    • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
      tangir skópu, / ok tól görðu.
      tongs shaped / and tools made.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Faroese: tól n
  • Icelandic: tól n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tol n
  • Old Swedish: tol

References

  • tól in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • tól in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.