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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þuliz, whence also Old English þyle (“orator, reciter”). Related to þylja (“to recite, to chant”), þula (“a rote; an alliterative poem”).
Noun
þulr m (genitive þular, plural þulir)
- a sage, a reciter of poetry and wisdom, a wise man
- 800s, DR 248, Snoldelev Stone, at the Skaldic Database
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚼᛚᛏᛋᛏᚼᛁᚾᛋᚢᚾᛅᛦ ' ᚱᚢᚺᛅᛚᛏᛋ ' ᚦᚢᛚᛅᛦ ' ᚨᛋᛅᛚᚺᛅᚢᚴᚢᛘ- kun'uAlts| |stAin ' sunaʀ ' ruHalts ' þulaʀ ' o salHauku(m)
- Gunnvaldr's stone, Hróaldr's son, reciter of Salhaugar.
- Hávamál, verse 111
Mál er at þylja / þular stóli á […]- A speech is to be recited / upon the chair of the sage.
- Hávamál, verse 135
[…] at hárum þul / hlæ þú aldregi,
oft er gótt, / þat er gamlir kveða; […]- at a grey-haired sage / never laugh,
often is good, / that which the old sing;
- a poet
Declension
Declension of þulr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
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