spjall – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of spjall

Noun: spjall
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.spjall
Sg. Def.spjallit
Pl. Indef.spjǫll
Pl. Def.spjǫllin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.spjalls
Sg. Def.spjallsins
Pl. Indef.spjalla
Pl. Def.spjallanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.spjalli
Sg. Def.spjallinu
Pl. Indef.spjǫllum
Pl. Def.spjǫllunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.spjall
Sg. Def.spjallit
Pl. Indef.spjǫll
Pl. Def.spjǫllin

Sample Sentences

  • […] ok hefr svá margt í spjalli; […] ([…] and has so many things to tell; […]) [Skáld-Helga Rímur: fjorda rima, verse 10, line 2, in 1838, Grønlands Historiske Mindesmærker, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 147]
  • […] forn spjöll fíra, / þau er fremst um man. ([…] old tales of men / the first I remember.) [Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1]

Nouns inflected like spjall

ákall, fjall, spjall,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spellą (“news, message, tale”). Cognate with Old English spell, Old Saxon spel, Old High German spel, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 (spill). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to tell”). See: Old English Nouns 'spell', Gothic Nouns '𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻'.

Verbs referencing "spjall"

Icelandic Nouns spjall, Gothic Nouns 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻.

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