dæll

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dæll, from Proto-Germanic *dēlijaz.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aitl

Adjective

dæll (comparative dælli, superlative dælastur)

  1. friendly
    Synonym: vingjarnlegur
  2. easy
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
      Vits er þörf
      þeim er víða ratar.
      Dælt er heima hvað.
      Að augabragði verður
      sá er ekki kann
      og með snotrum situr.
      Wits must he have
      who wanders wide,
      But all is easy at home;
      At the witless man
      the wise shall wink
      When among such men he sits.

Declension

Positive forms of dæll
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dæll dæl dælt
accusative dælan dæla
dative dælum dælli dælu
genitive dæls dællar dæls
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dælir dælar dæl
accusative dæla
dative dælum
genitive dælla
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dæli dæla dæla
acc/dat/gen dæla dælu
plural (all-case) dælu
Comparative forms of dæll
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) dælli dælli dælla
plural (all-case) dælli
Superlative forms of dæll
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dælastur dælust dælast
accusative dælastan dælasta
dative dælustum dælastri dælustu
genitive dælasts dælastrar dælasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dælastir dælastar dælust
accusative dælasta
dative dælustum
genitive dælastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dælasti dælasta dælasta
acc/dat/gen dælasta dælustu
plural (all-case) dælustu

Derived terms

  • gera sér dælt við (“to be over-familiar with someone”)
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