svalg

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Old Norse[edit]

Verb[edit]

svalg

first/third-person singular past active indicative of svelga

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish svalgh. Possibly cognate of German Schwalch (“opening of a furnace”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /svalj/

Noun[edit]

svalg n

a chasm or abyss of the Earth
Synonym: gap
(anatomy) pharynx

Declension[edit]

Declension of svalg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svalg	svalget	svalg	svalgen
Genitive	svalgs	svalgets	svalgs	svalgens

Related terms[edit]

svälja

Further reading[edit]

svalg in Svensk ordbok.
svalg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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