bolr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Cognate of German Bohle (thick plank).

Noun[edit]

bolr m (genitive bols, plural bolir)

  1. trunk (of a tree or the body)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: bolur
  • Faroese: bulur
  • Norwegian: bol
  • Swedish: bål
  • Middle English: bole

References[edit]

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