hylr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulhiz or *hulwiją.

Noun

hylr m (genitive hyls, plural hylir)

1. deep place, pool in a river

Declension

Declension of hylr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hylr	hylrinn	hylir	hylirnir
accusative	hyl	hylinn	hyli	hylina
dative	hyl	hylinum	hyljum	hyljunum
genitive	hyls	hylsins	hylja	hyljanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hylur
• Faroese: hylur
• Norwegian: høl, hyl
• Danish: hyl, høl

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hylr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive