svalr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swalaz (“cool, [originally: burningly] cold”), from *swelaną (“to burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm up, burn”). Akin to German schwül (“sultry”), Dutch zwoel (“sultry”), and Ancient Greek σέλας (sélas, “luminous”).

Adjective

svalr (comparative svalari, superlative svalastr)

  1. cool, cold
    • Vǫluspá, stanza 3, lines 3–4:
      […] vara sandr né sær
      né svalar unnir […]
      […] there was no sand nor sea
      nor cool waves […]

Declension
    Strong declension of svalr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalr svǫl svalt
accusative svalan svala svalt
dative svǫlum svalri svǫlu
genitive svals svalrar svals
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalir svalar svǫl
accusative svala svalar svǫl
dative svǫlum svǫlum svǫlum
genitive svalra svalra svalra
    Weak declension of svalr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svali svala svala
accusative svala svǫlu svala
dative svala svǫlu svala
genitive svala svǫlu svala
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svǫlu svǫlu svǫlu
accusative svǫlu svǫlu svǫlu
dative svǫlum svǫlum svǫlum
genitive svǫlu svǫlu svǫlu
    Declension of comparative of svalr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalari svalari svalara
accusative svalara svalari svalara
dative svalara svalari svalara
genitive svalara svalari svalara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalari svalari svalari
accusative svalari svalari svalari
dative svǫlurum svǫlurum svǫlurum
genitive svalari svalari svalari
    Strong declension of superlative of svalr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalastr svǫlust svalast
accusative svalastan svalasta svalast
dative svǫlustum svalastri svǫlustu
genitive svalasts svalastrar svalasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalastir svalastar svǫlust
accusative svalasta svalastar svǫlust
dative svǫlustum svǫlustum svǫlustum
genitive svalastra svalastra svalastra
    Weak declension of superlative of svalr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative svalasti svalasta svalasta
accusative svalasta svǫlustu svalasta
dative svalasta svǫlustu svalasta
genitive svalasta svǫlustu svalasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative svǫlustu svǫlustu svǫlustu
accusative svǫlustu svǫlustu svǫlustu
dative svǫlustum svǫlustum svǫlustum
genitive svǫlustu svǫlustu svǫlustu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: svalur
  • Faroese: svalur
  • Norwegian: sval
  • Old Swedish: sval
  • Old Danish: swal

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