hvalr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish). Compare Old English hwæl, Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal.

Noun

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hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)

  1. whale
    Skera hval.
    To flense a whale.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hvalur
  • Faroese: hvalur
  • Norn: hval
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kval
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kval
  • Elfdalian: wal
  • Old Swedish: hval
  • Scanian: hval
  • Old Danish: hwal
  • Gutnish: val

References

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  • 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