hvelpr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. Akin to English whelp.

Noun[edit]

hvelpr m (genitive hvelps, plural hvelpar)

puppy

Declension[edit]

Declension of hvelpr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvelpr	hvelprinn	hvelpar	hvelparnir
accusative	hvelp	hvelpinn	hvelpa	hvelpana
dative	hvelpi	hvelpinum	hvelpum	hvelpunum
genitive	hvelps	hvelpsins	hvelpa	hvelpanna

Descendants[edit]

Icelandic: hvolpur
Faroese: hvølpur
Norwegian Nynorsk: kvelp, kvalp; (dialectal) kvølp, kvolp
Elfdalian: wep
Old Swedish: hvælper, hvalper
- Swedish: valp
Danish: hvalp
- Norwegian Bokmål: valp, hvalp
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: valp (defunct)

References[edit]

“hvelpr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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