Faroese

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Noun

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tagl n (genitive singular tagls, uncountable)

  1. tail (of a horse or cow)

Declension

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n5s singular
indefinite definite
nominative tagl taglið
accusative tagl taglið
dative tagli taglinum
genitive tagls taglsins

Gothic

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Romanization

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tagl

  1. Romanization of 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tagl n (genitive singular tagls, nominative plural tögl)

  1. (of a horse) tail
  2. (hairdo) ponytail
  3. rope
  4. a low jutting slope at the foot of a mountain, edge of a lava field, etc.

Declension

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *taglą, whence also English tail.

Noun

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tagl n

  1. (anatomy) tail (of a horse)

Declension

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Declension of tagl (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tagl taglit tǫgl tǫglin
accusative tagl taglit tǫgl tǫglin
dative tagli taglinu tǫglum tǫglunum
genitive tagls taglsins tagla taglanna

Descendants

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  • Faroese: tagl
  • Icelandic: tagl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tagl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tagl

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tagl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive