stǫpull

See also: stöpull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stapulaz. Compare English steeple.

Noun

stǫpull m (genitive stǫpuls, plural stǫplar)

1. steeple, tower
2. pillar, column

Declension

Declension of stǫpull (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stǫpull	stǫpullinn	stǫplar	stǫplarnir
accusative	stǫpul	stǫpulinn	stǫpla	stǫplana
dative	stǫpli	stǫplinum	stǫplum	stǫplunum
genitive	stǫpuls	stǫpulsins	stǫpla	stǫplanna

Derived terms

• stǫpla

Descendants

• Icelandic: stöpull
• Faroese: støpul
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stopul, støpul, stupul
• Norwegian Bokmål: støpul
• Old Swedish: stapul
  • Swedish: stapel
    • → Finnish: taapeli
• Old Danish: stapæl
  • Danish: stabel, stapel, stavl
    • Scanian: stabel
    • Norwegian Bokmål: stabel
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: stabel
    • → Icelandic: stafli

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “stöpull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 416; also available at the Internet Archive