valtr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *waltaz (changing; unstable,) from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn; wind; twist.).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈwɑltr̩/

Adjective[edit]

valtr

  1. easily upset, unstable, unsteady
    vǫlt er þessa heims hamingja

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: valtur
  • Gutnish: valltar
  • Ostrobothnian: vallt, valltro
  • Nilandian: vallter

References[edit]

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