bagall

bagall

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bagall, from Old Irish bachall (or perhaps from Old English [Term?]), from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːɣatl/

Noun

bagall m (genitive singular bagals, nominative plural baglar)

1. crosier

Declension

declension of bagall

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bagall	bagallinn	baglar	baglarnir
accusative	bagal	bagalinn	bagla	baglana
dative	bagli	baglinum	böglum	böglunum
genitive	bagals	bagalsins	bagla	baglanna

Synonyms

• (crosier): biskupsstafur, krókstafur

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Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum (“staff”).

Noun

bagall m (genitive bagals, plural baglar)

1. a bishop's staff or crosier

Declension

  Declension of bagall (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bagall	bagallinn	baglar	baglarnir
accusative	bagal	bagalinn	bagla	baglana
dative	bagli	baglinum	bǫglum	bǫglunum
genitive	bagals	bagalsins	bagla	baglanna

Derived terms

• bagalstafr m (“crosier”)
• baglaðr (“crooked, deformed”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: bagall

References

• bagall in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press