vagl

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === vagle === Etymology === From Old Norse vagl. === Noun === vagl m (definite singular vaglen, indefinite plural vagler, definite plural vaglene) vagl n (definite singular vaglet, indefinite plural vagl or vagler, definite plural vagla or vaglene) a perch or roost (for birds) === References === “vagl” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === vagle === Etymology === From Old Norse vagl. === Noun === vagl m (definite singular vaglen, indefinite plural vaglar, definite plural vaglane) vagl n (definite singular vaglet, indefinite plural vagl, definite plural vagla) a perch or roost (for birds) === References === “vagl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wag(a)laz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰlos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-, cognate with Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos). === Noun 1 === vagl m beam (especially as a roost for chickens) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: vagl Faroese: vagl Norwegian Bokmål: vagl, vagle Norwegian Nynorsk: vagl, vagle Old Swedish: vaghl, vaghli Swedish: vagel === Noun 2 === vagl based on descendants: eye-problem cataract Synonym: nagl based on Swedish: stye ==== Derived terms ==== vagleygr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: vagl Faroese: vagl Norwegian Bokmål: vagl, vagle Norwegian Nynorsk: vagl, vagle Old Swedish: vaghl, vaghli Swedish: vagel === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vagl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive