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)

  1. 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; […]
  2. a poet

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