þola

þola

See also: yola and Yola

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną. Cognate with English thole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔːla/
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

Verb

þola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þoldi, supine þolað)

1. to endure, to take, to withstand

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “þola” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þulāną.

Verb

þola (singular past indicative þoldi, plural past indicative þoldu, past participle þolt or þolat)

1. to bear, endure, suffer

Conjugation

Conjugation of þola — active (weak class 3)

infinitive	þola
present participle	þolandi
past participle	þolat
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þoli	þolda
2nd-person singular	þolir	þoldir
3rd-person singular	þolir	þoldi
1st-person plural	þolum	þoldum
2nd-person plural	þolið	þolduð
3rd-person plural	þola	þoldu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þola	þølda
2nd-person singular	þolir	þøldir
3rd-person singular	þoli	þøldi
1st-person plural	þolim	þøldim
2nd-person plural	þolið	þøldið
3rd-person plural	þoli	þøldi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þol
1st-person plural	þolum
2nd-person plural	þolið

Conjugation of þola — mediopassive (weak class 3)

infinitive	þolask
present participle	þolandisk
past participle	þolazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þolumk	þoldumk
2nd-person singular	þolisk	þoldisk
3rd-person singular	þolisk	þoldisk
1st-person plural	þolumsk	þoldumsk
2nd-person plural	þolizk	þolduzk
3rd-person plural	þolask	þoldusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þolumk	þøldumk
2nd-person singular	þolisk	þøldisk
3rd-person singular	þolisk	þøldisk
1st-person plural	þolimsk	þøldimsk
2nd-person plural	þolizk	þøldizk
3rd-person plural	þolisk	þøldisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þolsk
1st-person plural	þolumsk
2nd-person plural	þolizk

Derived terms

• þol n (“patience, endurance”)
• þolanligr (“tolerable”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þola
• Faroese: tola
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tola, tole
• Norwegian: (dialectal) tøla, tålå, tølja
• Elfdalian: tuolå
• Westrobothnian: tuła
• Old Swedish: þola, þula
  • Swedish: tåla
• Scanian: tula
• Old Danish: tholæ
  • Danish: tåle
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tåle
• Gutnish: tule

References

• þola in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• þula

Etymology

From Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną.

Verb

þola

1. to endure, to bear
2. to tolerate, to accept
3. to allow

Conjugation

Conjugation of þola (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	þola			—
participle	þolandi, -e			þolt (ntr.)
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	þol	þoli, -e	—	þoldi, -e	þoldi, -e
þū	þol	þoli, -e	þol	þoldi, -e	þoldi, -e
han	þol	þoli, -e	—	þoldi, -e	þoldi, -e
vīr	þolum, -om	þolum, -om	þolum, -om	þoldum, -om	þoldum, -om
īr	þolin	þolin	þolin	þoldin	þoldin
þēr	þola	þolin	—	þoldu, -om	þoldin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	þolis	þolis, -es	—	þoldis, -es	þoldis, -es
þū	þolis	þolis, -es	—	þoldis, -es	þoldis, -es
han	þolis	þolis, -es	—	þoldis, -es	þoldis, -es
vīr	þolums, -oms	þolums, -oms	—	þoldums, -oms	þoldums, -oms
īr	þolins	þolins	—	þoldins	þoldins
þēr	þolas	þolins	—	þoldus, -os	þoldins

Descendants

• Swedish: tåla