tól

See also: tol, Tol, țol, tol', -tól, and -től

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɔuːl/

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, plural tól)

tool, instrument

Declension

Declension of tól
n3	singular		plural
n3	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tól	tólið	tól	tólini
accusative	tól	tólið	tól	tólini
dative	tóli	tólinum	tólum	tólunum
genitive	tóls	tólsins	tóla	tólanna

Synonyms

amboð

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“tool”). Cognate with Old English tōl.

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈtoːl/

Noun

tól n pl

(plural only) tools, instruments
- Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
  […] tangir skópu, / ok tól görðu.
  
  […] tongs shaped / and tools made.

Declension

Declension of tól, (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	tól	tólin
accusative	tól	tólin
dative	tólum	tólunum
genitive	tóla	tólanna

Derived terms

tólakista (“tool-chest”)

Descendants

Faroese: tól n
Icelandic: tól n

Norwegian Nynorsk: tol n
Old Swedish: tol

References

tól in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
tól in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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