vagl
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- vagle
Etymology
From Old Norse vagl
Noun
vagl m (definite singular vaglen, indefinite plural vagler, definite plural vaglene)
vagl n (definite singular vaglet, indefinite plural vagl or vagler, definite plural vagla or vaglene)
- a perch or roost (for birds)
References
- “vagl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- vagle
Etymology
From Old Norse vagl
Noun
vagl m (definite singular vaglen, indefinite plural vaglar, definite plural vaglane)
vagl n (definite singular vaglet, indefinite plural vagl, definite plural vagla)
- a perch or roost (for birds)
References
- “vagl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wag(a)laz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰlos, cognate with Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos).
Noun
vagl m
- beam (especially as a roost for chickens)
Descendants
- Icelandic: vagl
- Faroese: vagl
- Norwegian Bokmål: vagl, vagle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vagl, vagle
References
- vagl in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press