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)

  1. whale
    Skera hval.
    To flense a whale.

Declension[edit]

  Declension of hvalr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hvalr hvalrinn hvalar, hvalir hvalarnir, hvalirnir
accusative hval hvalinn hvala, hvali hvalana, hvalina
dative hvali hvalinum hvalum hvalunum
genitive hvals hvalsins hvala hvalanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Norwegian: hval (Bokmal), kval (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: val

References[edit]

  • hvalr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
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