Faroese

Noun

tól n (genitive singular tóls, plural tól)

1. tool, instrument

Declension

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

1. (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

Derived terms

• tólakista ‎(“tool-chest”)

Descendants

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.