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hvalr

Language

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic Category:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HVALR Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HVALR *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HVALR *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Compare Old English hwæl, Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal.

Noun

hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)Category:Old Norse lemmas#HVALR Category:Old Norse nouns#HVALR Category:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#HVALR Category:Old Norse masculine nouns#HVALR Category:Pages with entries#HVALR Category:Pages with 1 entry#HVALR

whale
Skera hval.
To flense a whale.
Category:Old Norse terms with usage examples#HVALR

Declension

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

Category:Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns

Descendants

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

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvalr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Category:non:Cetaceans#HVALR

Category:Old Norse lemmas Category:Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns Category:Old Norse masculine nouns Category:Old Norse nouns Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:Old Norse terms with usage examples Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:non:Cetaceans