hvalr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)

  1. whale
    Skera hval.
    To flense a whale.

Declension
  Declension of hvalr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
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

Descendants
  • 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
  • “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, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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