påle

From Old Norse páll, from Latin palus.

påle m (definite singular pålen, indefinite plural påler, definite plural pålene)

1. pile
2. stake, pole, post

• gjerdepåle
• totempåle

• “påle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “påle_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse páll, from Latin palus.

påle m (definite singular pålen, indefinite plural pålar, definite plural pålane)

1. pile
2. stake, pole, post

• gjerdepåle
• totempåle

• “påle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

 

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påle

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Inherited from Old Swedish pāle, pāl, from Latin pālus (“stake”). Cognate of German Pfahl.

påle c

1. a stake, a pole, a pile (driven into the earth or the bottom of a body of water)

   Han slog pålen i vampyrens hjärta

   He drove ["hit" – implies hitting it with a hammer] the stake into the heart of the vampire

• påle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• påle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• påle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• påle in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)