Icelandic

Noun

stóll m ‎(genitive singular stóls, nominative plural stólar)

1. chair

Declension

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈstoːlː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *stōlaz ‎(“stool, chair, throne”). Cognate with Old English stōl, Old Frisian stōl, Old Saxon stōl, Old Dutch stuol, Old High German stuol, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 ‎(stōls). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- ‎(“frame, rack, stand”). The second meaning is a calque of Latin sēdēs ‎(“seat”), while the third is presumably a calque of Latin thronī ‎(“the Thrones”).

Noun

stóll m (genitive stóls, plural stólar)

1. a stool, chair, throne
   • Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar 254, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 16:

     […] þar tvískipat eptir endilöngu, voru skipaðir XIII stólar.

     […] there along the entire length [of the king's court] were set in two thirteen chairs.

2. (ecclesiastic) bishop's residence, see
   • Guðmundar saga 68, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 508:

     […] ok fór hann heim til stóls sins; […]

     […] and came back to [the bishop's] see; […]

3. (Christianity, in the plural) the Thrones (a class of angels)
   • Old Norwegian Homily Book, in 1864, C. R. Unger, Gammel Norsk Homiliebog. Christiania, page 185, lines 11-12:

     […] þat ero englar oc hofuðenglar oc craftar, veldisenglar oc hofðingiar, drotnar oc stolar, […]

     […] there are angels and archangels and Powers, Virtues and Principalities, Dominions and Thrones, […]

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Etymology 2

Presumably from Old East Slavic столъ ‎(stolŭ, “table”).

Noun

stóll m (genitive stóls, plural stólar)

1. a table for eating and drinking
   • Bósa saga ok Herrauðs 12, in 1830, C. C. Rafn, Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda, Volume III. Copenhagen, page 223:

     […] hann tók borðbúnað af stólnum, ok kastaði upp í sængina, […]

     […] he took the dishes from the table and threw them up in the bed sheets, […]

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Etymology 3

Ultimately from Ancient Greek στόλος ‎(stólos, “army, fleet, troop”).

Noun

stóll m (genitive stóls, plural stólar)

1. (especially in compounds) a stock (especially of weapons and ships), host, fleet
   • Sverris saga 71, in 1834, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume VIII, Copenhagen, page 177:

     Í þenna tíma hafði Magnús konúngr einn allan skipastólinn, […]

     At that time had king Magnus an entire fleet of ships, […]

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References

• stóll in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• stóll in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.