dalr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dala-, whence also Old English dæl, Old High German tal.

Noun

dalr m (genitive dals, plural dalar or dalir)

1. dale, valley

Declension

  Declension of dalr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dalr	dalrinn	dalar	dalarnir
accusative	dal	dalinn	dala	dalana
dative	dali	dalinum	dǫlum	dǫlunum
genitive	dals	dalsins	dala	dalanna

Derived terms

• Laxárdalr

Descendants

• Faroese: dalur m
• Icelandic: dalur m
• Norwegian: dal m
• Old Swedish: dal m
  • Swedish: dal c
• Danish: dal c

References

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