hvalr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Compare Old English hwæl, Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal.
Noun[edit]
hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)
- whale
- Skera hval.
- To flense a whale.
- Skera hval.
Descendants[edit]
- Danish: hval
- Faroese: hvalur
- Icelandic: hvalur
- Norwegian: hval (Bokmal), kval (Nynorsk)
- Swedish: val
References[edit]
- “hvalr” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
