fogl
See also: fögl
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- fugl
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, whence also Old English fugol (English fowl), Old Frisian fugel (West Frisian fûgel), Old Saxon fugal (Low German Vagel), Old Dutch fogal (Dutch vogel), Old High German fogal (German Vogel), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).
Noun
fogl m
- bird
Declension
Declension of fogl (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fogl | foglinn | foglar | foglarnir |
accusative | fogl | foglinn | fogla | foglana |
dative | fogli | foglinum | foglum | foglunum |
genitive | fogls | foglsins | fogla | foglanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: fugl
- Faroese: fuglur
- Norn: fugl, ful
- Norwegian: fugl
- Old Swedish: fughl, foghl
- Swedish: fågel, fogel
- → Finnish: fogeli (Helsinki)
- Swedish: fågel, fogel
- Old Danish: fughl
- Danish: fugl
- Scanian: fuğl
- Elfdalian: fugel
- Jamtish: fugł
- Westrobothnian: fȯgehl, fögel
- Gutnish: fäugel
References
- fogl in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press