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sal.

hall (large room in which parties, meetings etc. are held)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɑːl/
  1. hall (large room in which parties, meetings etc. are held)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish sal, from Old Norse salr, from Proto-Germanic *salą.

noun/sɑːl/
  1. saddle (implement placed on an animal; but not usually on a two-wheeler, for which sete)

    masculine
  2. saddle (anticline)

    masculine
  3. saddle (on a stringed instrument)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse sǫðull, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz. The inherited Danish spelling is sadel (now partially displaced). The spelling sal was reinforced by Nynorsk (see below), but the according pronunciation must have been common already in Dano-Norwegian and, in fact, was formerly not unknown in Denmark itself.

noun/sɑːl/
  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1981; superseded by salg (“sale”)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk sal.

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