tal – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of tal

Noun: tal
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.tal
Sg. Def.talit
Pl. Indef.tǫl
Pl. Def.tǫlin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.tals
Sg. Def.talsins
Pl. Indef.tala
Pl. Def.talanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.tali
Sg. Def.talinu
Pl. Indef.tǫlum
Pl. Def.tǫlunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.tal
Sg. Def.talit
Pl. Indef.tǫl
Pl. Def.tǫlin

Sample Sentences

  • […] kom hún enn til konúngs, ok sátu þau jarl öll samt á tali, […] ([…] but she came to the king, and yet sat all the jarls in talks, […]) [Ólafs saga Helga 87, in 1830, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 196]
  • Sneri hann þa nafni Josephs ok kalladi hann heimsins hialpara upp aa Egiptalandz tal ok tungu. (He turned then, speaking Joseph's name and calling him home for help in speech and tongue of Egyptian lands.) [Stjórn 61, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 204]
  • Hon er oc i tale með oðrum himintunglum, […] (She is in that number with other heavenly bodies, […]) [Barlaams Saga 137, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 133]
  • […] þa ſkolo fara a þing oc bioða ſic i tal með oðrom monnom. ([…] then shall go to the Thing and enter the lists with other men.) [Gulaþings-lög 301, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 99]

Nouns inflected like tal

ártal, tal, arfsal,

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *talą (“number, speech”). Cognate with Old English tæl, Old Saxon gital. See: Old English Nouns 'tæl'.

Verbs referencing "tal"

Danish Nouns tal, Faroese Nouns tal, Icelandic Nouns tal, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns tal, Swedish Nouns tal.

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