aðal

From Old Norse aðal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.al/

aðal (indeclinable)

1. (poetic) noble, precious, generous

aðal m (genitive singular aðals, uncountable)

1. nobility

aðal n (genitive singular aðals, uncountable)

1. synonym of aðalkorn
2. (in the plural) the best, pick; élite, flower

• "aðal" at Sprotin.fo

From Old Norse aðal.

aðal n (genitive singular aðals, no plural)

1. speciality, hallmark, characteristic

• “aðal” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

aðal n (genitive aðals, dative aðli)

1. nature, (inborn) disposition

• óðal

• Icelandic: aðal
• Faroese: aðal

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “aðal”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1; also available at the Internet Archive