þulr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þuliz, whence also Old English þyle (“orator, reciter”). Related to þylja (“to recite, to chant”), þula (“a rote; an alliterative poem”).

Noun

þulr m (genitive þular, plural þulir)

a sage, a reciter of poetry and wisdom, a wise man
- 800s, DR 248, Snoldelev Stone, at the Skaldic Database
  ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚼᛚᛏᛋᛏᚼᛁᚾᛋᚢᚾᛅᛦ ' ᚱᚢᚺᛅᛚᛏᛋ ' ᚦᚢᛚᛅᛦ ' ᚨᛋᛅᛚᚺᛅᚢᚴᚢᛘ
  kun'uAlts| |stAin ' sunaʀ ' ruHalts ' þulaʀ ' o salHauku(m)
  Gunnvaldr's stone, Hróaldr's son, reciter of Salhaugar.
- Hávamál, verse 111
  Mál er at þylja / þular stóli á […]
  A speech is to be recited / upon the chair of the sage. […]
- Hávamál, verse 135
  […] at hárum þul / hlæ þú aldregi,
  oft er gótt, / þat er gamlir kveða; […]
  […] at a grey-haired sage / never laugh,
  often is good, / that which the old sing; […]
a poet

Declension

Declension of þulr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þulr	þulrinn	þulir	þulirnir
accusative	þul	þulinn	þuli	þulina
dative	þul	þulinum	þulum	þulunum
genitive	þular	þularins	þula	þulanna

Descendants

Icelandic: þulur

References

“þulr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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