ull

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Occitan uèlh, French œil, Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Italian occhio. Doublet of òcul, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈuʎ]
• Rhymes: -uʎ

ull m (plural ulls)

1. (anatomy) eye

• “ull” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ull” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

• IPA^(key): /ʊtl/

ull f (genitive singular ullar, plural ullir)

1. wool

   (seyða) ull er Føroya gull

   the wool (of the sheep) is the gold of the Faroes

• angoraull
• seyðaull

• hár
• mjúkur

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

• IPA^(key): /ʏtl/
• Rhymes: -ʏtl

ull f (genitive singular ullar, no plural)

1. wool

• glerull
• stálull
• steinull

Deverbal from ulla (“stick one's tongue out”).

• IPA^(key): /ʏlː/

  Rhymes: -ʏlː

ull n (genitive singular ulls, no plural)

1. (informal) the act of sticking one's tongue out

• ulla

From Proto-Finnic *hullu.

ull

1. wild
2. mad

From Proto-Finnic *ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ulka-.

• (Courland) uļļi

ull

1. outside

From Proto-Finnic *ulvodak. Cognate with Finnish ulvoa.

• (Courland) u'llõ

ull

1. howl

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

ull f or m (definite singular ulla or ullen, uncountable)

1. wool

• stålull m or f

• “ull” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• oill (dialectal, Trøndelag)

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ f. Cognates include Danish uld, English wool, German Wolle, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Irish olann, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Polish wełna, Russian волна (volna), Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā).

ull f (definite singular ulla, uncountable)

1. wool

• ulle f
• ullen

• “ull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *wullō, whence also Old English wull (English wool), Old Frisian wolle, Old High German wolla (German Wolle), Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla).

ull f (genitive ullar)

1. wool

• “ull”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɵlː/

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ull c

1. wool; hair of sheep

• ylle

• ull in Svensk ordbok.