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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.

ull m (plural ulls)

  1. (anatomy) eye

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

ull f (genitive singular ullar, plural ullir)

  1. wool
Declension of ull
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ull ullin ullir ullirnar
accusative ull ullina ullir ullirnar
dative ull ullini ullum ullunum
genitive ullar ullarinnar ulla ullanna

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

ull f (genitive singular ullar, no plural)

  1. wool
    Declension of ull
f-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative ull ullin
accusative ull ullina
dative ull ullinni
genitive ullar ullarinnar

From the verb ulla (stick one's tongue out).

ull n (genitive singular ulls, nominative plural ull)

  1. (informal) The act of sticking one's tongue out.
    Declension of ull
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ull ullið ull ullin
accusative ull ullið ull ullin
dative ulli ullinu ullum ullunum
genitive ulls ullsins ulla ullanna

From Proto-Finnic *hullu.

ull

  1. wild
  2. mad

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

ull

  1. outside

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

ull

  1. howl

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

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

  1. wool
 
Sau med ull

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

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
  • Icelandic: ull f
  • Faroese: ull f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ull f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ull m or f
  • Swedish: ull c
  • Danish: uld c
  • 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.

ull c

  1. wool; hair of sheep
Declension of ull 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ull ullen
Genitive ulls ullens