hvalr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Compare Old English hwæl, Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal.
Noun edit
hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)
- whale
- Skera hval.
- To flense a whale.
Declension edit
Declension of hvalr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hvalur
- Faroese: hvalur
- Norn: hval
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kval
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kval
- Elfdalian: wal
- Old Swedish: hval
- Swedish: val
- Scanian: hval
- Old Danish: hwal
- Gutnish: val