ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halluz, reanalyzed as an a-stem. Cognate with Old English heall (“stone, rock”), also an a-stem.

Noun

ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ /hallaʀ/) m

a rock, boulder; stone
Synonym: ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ)
- c. 5th century, Stenstad runestone (KJ81):
  ᛁᚷᛁᛃᛟᚾᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ
  igijonhalaʀ
  Igijo’s stone

Descendants

Old Norse: hallr
- Icelandic: hallur
- (Faroese: halli)
- Norn: hallj
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
- Old Swedish: hal
  - Swedish: hall (dialectal), häll
- Danish: hald
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hall
- → Scots: hall (Shetlandish)

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