Valhǫll

Old Norse

Etymology

From (uncountable, in the singular) valr (“the dead, slain in battle (i.e., dead warriors)”) +‎ hǫll (“hall”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑlˌhɒlː/
• (13th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑlˌhɒlː/

Proper noun

Valhǫll f (genitive Valhallar)

1. Valhalla

Inflection

  Declension of Valhǫll (strong ō-stem, indefinite singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Valhǫll
accusative	Valhǫll
dative	Valhǫll, Valhǫllu
genitive	Valhallar

Descendants

• Icelandic: Valhöll
• Faroese: Valhøll
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Valhall
• Old Swedish: *Valhal
  • Swedish: Valhall
• Danish: Valhal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Valhall
• → English: Valhalla, Walhalla
• → German: Walhall, Valhall, Walhalla, Valhalla