stoll

See also: Stoll, stòll, and stóll

English

Verb

stoll

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To understand.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Stollen.

Noun

stoll m (definite singular stollen, indefinite plural stoller, definite plural stollene)

1. (mining) a horizontal mining tunnel

References

• “stoll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “stoll” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stull (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

From German Stollen.

Noun

stoll m (definite singular stollen, indefinite plural stollar, definite plural stollane)

1. (mining) a horizontal mining tunnel

See also

• sjakt (“shoot”)

References

• “stoll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.