bǫllr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”).

Noun

bǫllr m (genitive ballar, plural bellir)

round object, sphere, ball
testicle
Synonym: eista

Declension

Declension of bǫllr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǫllr	bǫllrinn	bellir	bellirnir
accusative	bǫll	bǫllinn	bǫllu	bǫlluna
dative	belli	bellinum	bǫllum	bǫllunum
genitive	ballar	ballarins	balla	ballanna

Descendants

Icelandic: böllur
Faroese: bøllur (“lump, clump; something rolled up”)
Norwegian Bokmål: ball
Norwegian Nynorsk: ball
Old Swedish: balder, baller
- Swedish: boll
Old Danish: ball, boll, bold
- Danish: bold; balde, balle (“ball of hand or foot, buttock”)

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