tól

See also: tol, Tol, țol, tol', -tól, and -től

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰɔuːl/

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, plural tól)

  1. tool, instrument

Declension
Declension of tól
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tól tólið tól tólini
accusative tól tólið tól tólini
dative tóli tólinum tólum tólunum
genitive tóls tólsins tóla tólanna

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tól, frim Proto-Germanic *tōlą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰouːl/
  • Rhymes: -ouːl

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, nominative plural tól)

  1. tool, implement
    Synonyms: tæki, verkfæri

Declension
declension of tól
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tól tólið tól tólin
accusative tól tólið tól tólin
dative tóli tólinu tólum tólunum
genitive tóls tólsins tóla tólanna

Derived terms
  • heyrnartól (“headphones, earphones”)
  • símtól (“handset”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“tool”). Cognate with Old English tōl.

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈtoːl/

Noun

tól n pl

  1. (plural only) tools, instruments
    • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
      […] tangir skópu, / ok tól görðu.
      […] tongs shaped / and tools made.

Declension
  Declension of tól, (strong a-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative tól tólin
accusative tól tólin
dative tólum tólunum
genitive tóla tólanna

Derived terms
  • tólakista (“tool-chest”)

Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tol n
  • Old Swedish: tol

References
  • tól in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • tól in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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