dalr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

dalr m (genitive dals, dative dali or dal, plural 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

  Declension of dalr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dalr	dalrinn	dalir	dalirnir
accusative	dal	dalinn	dali	dalina
dative	dal	dalinum	dǫlum	dǫlunum
genitive	dals	dalsins	dala	dalanna

Derived terms

• Laxárdalr

Descendants

• Faroese: dalur
• Icelandic: dalur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dal; (dialectal) dal'e
• Old Swedish: dal
  • Swedish: dal
• Danish: dal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dal
• → Scottish Gaelic: dail

Further reading

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