þulr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of þulr

Noun: þulr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.þulr
Sg. Def.þulrinn
Pl. Indef.þulir
Pl. Def.þulirnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.þular
Sg. Def.þularins
Pl. Indef.þula
Pl. Def.þulanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.þul
Sg. Def.þulinum
Pl. Indef.þulum
Pl. Def.þulunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.þul
Sg. Def.þulinn
Pl. Indef.þuli
Pl. Def.þulina

Sample Sentences

  • Gunnvaldr's stone, Hróaldr's son, reciter of Salhaugar. [800s, DR 248, Snoldelev Stone, at the Skaldic Database ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚼᛚᛏᛋᛏᚼᛁᚾᛋᚢᚾᛅᛦ ' ᚱᚢᚺᛅᛚᛏᛋ ' ᚦᚢᛚᛅᛦ ' ᚨᛋᛅᛚᚺᛅᚢᚴᚢᛘ kun'uAlts| |stAin ' sunaʀ ' ruHalts ' þulaʀ ' o salHauku(m)]
  • Mál er at þylja / þular stóli á[…] (A speech is to be recited / upon the chair of the sage. […]) [Hávamál, verse 111]
  • […]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; […]) [Hávamál, verse 135]

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”). See: Old English Nouns 'þyle'.

Verbs referencing "þulr"

Icelandic Nouns þulur, English Nouns thyle.

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