haull

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse haull, from Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“breach, rupture, hernia”). Cognate with Old English hēala (“rupture, hernia”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /høytl/
Rhymes: -øytl

Noun

haull m (genitive singular hauls, nominative plural haular)

(medicine) rupture, hernia
Synonyms: hnútur, kviðslit

Declension

declension of haull

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	haull	haullinn	haular	haularnir
accusative	haul	haulinn	haula	haulana
dative	haul	haulnum	haulum	haulunum
genitive	hauls	haulsins	haula	haulanna

Further reading

“haull” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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