hallr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ), ᚺᚨᛚᛁ (hali), from Proto-Germanic *halluz m. In Proto-Germanic originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an a-stem by the time of the inscription on Stenstad stone, dated approximately to the 400s.[1]

Noun

hallr m (genitive halls, plural hallar)

  1. slope, hill
  2. rock, stone
Declension
  Declension of hallr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hallr hallrinn hallar hallarnir
accusative hall hallinn halla hallana
dative halli hallinum hǫllum hǫllunum
genitive halls hallsins halla hallanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hallur
  • (Faroese: halli)
  • Norn: hallj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hall
  • Old Swedish: hal
  • Danish: hald
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hall
  • → Scots: hall (Shetlandish)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“sloping, inclined”)

Adjective

hallr

  1. leaning to one side, lying over, sloping
  2. biassed, partial
Declension
    Strong declension of hallr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallr hǫll hallt
accusative hallan halla hallt
dative hǫllum hallri hǫllu
genitive halls hallrar halls
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallir hallar hǫll
accusative halla hallar hǫll
dative hǫllum hǫllum hǫllum
genitive hallra hallra hallra
    Weak declension of hallr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative halli halla halla
accusative halla hǫllu halla
dative halla hǫllu halla
genitive halla hǫllu halla
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hǫllu hǫllu hǫllu
accusative hǫllu hǫllu hǫllu
dative hǫllum hǫllum hǫllum
genitive hǫllu hǫllu hǫllu
    Declension of comparative of hallr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallari hallari hallara
accusative hallara hallari hallara
dative hallara hallari hallara
genitive hallara hallari hallara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallari hallari hallari
accusative hallari hallari hallari
dative hǫllurum hǫllurum hǫllurum
genitive hallari hallari hallari
    Strong declension of superlative of hallr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallastr hǫllust hallast
accusative hallastan hallasta hallast
dative hǫllustum hallastri hǫllustu
genitive hallasts hallastrar hallasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallastir hallastar hǫllust
accusative hallasta hallastar hǫllust
dative hǫllustum hǫllustum hǫllustum
genitive hallastra hallastra hallastra
    Weak declension of superlative of hallr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hallasti hallasta hallasta
accusative hallasta hǫllustu hallasta
dative hallasta hǫllustu hallasta
genitive hallasta hǫllustu hallasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hǫllustu hǫllustu hǫllustu
accusative hǫllustu hǫllustu hǫllustu
dative hǫllustum hǫllustum hǫllustum
genitive hǫllustu hǫllustu hǫllustu
Derived terms
  • hallæri (“bad harvest”, literally “sloping year”)
  • hella (“to pour out”)
Descendants

References
  1. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2021 June 2 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2 June 2021

Further reading
  • “hallr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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