valskr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign, non-Germanic (Celtic, later also Roman)”). Equivalent to valr (“Romance-speaking foreigner”) +‎ -iskr (“-ish, -ic”)

Adjective

valskr

1. Celtic, Roman

Declension

    Strong declension of valskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskr	vǫlsk	valskt
accusative	valskan	valska	valskt
dative	vǫlskum	valskri	vǫlsku
genitive	valsks	valskrar	valsks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskir	valskar	vǫlsk
accusative	valska	valskar	vǫlsk
dative	vǫlskum	vǫlskum	vǫlskum
genitive	valskra	valskra	valskra

    Weak declension of valskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valski	valska	valska
accusative	valska	vǫlsku	valska
dative	valska	vǫlsku	valska
genitive	valska	vǫlsku	valska
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vǫlsku	vǫlsku	vǫlsku
accusative	vǫlsku	vǫlsku	vǫlsku
dative	vǫlskum	vǫlskum	vǫlskum
genitive	vǫlsku	vǫlsku	vǫlsku

    Declension of comparative of valskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskari	valskari	valskara
accusative	valskara	valskari	valskara
dative	valskara	valskari	valskara
genitive	valskara	valskari	valskara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskari	valskari	valskari
accusative	valskari	valskari	valskari
dative	vǫlskurum	vǫlskurum	vǫlskurum
genitive	valskari	valskari	valskari

    Strong declension of superlative of valskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskastr	vǫlskust	valskast
accusative	valskastan	valskasta	valskast
dative	vǫlskustum	valskastri	vǫlskustu
genitive	valskasts	valskastrar	valskasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskastir	valskastar	vǫlskust
accusative	valskasta	valskastar	vǫlskust
dative	vǫlskustum	vǫlskustum	vǫlskustum
genitive	valskastra	valskastra	valskastra

    Weak declension of superlative of valskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	valskasti	valskasta	valskasta
accusative	valskasta	vǫlskustu	valskasta
dative	valskasta	vǫlskustu	valskasta
genitive	valskasta	vǫlskustu	valskasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vǫlskustu	vǫlskustu	vǫlskustu
accusative	vǫlskustu	vǫlskustu	vǫlskustu
dative	vǫlskustum	vǫlskustum	vǫlskustum
genitive	vǫlskustu	vǫlskustu	vǫlskustu

Related terms

• valr (“Romance-speaking foreigner”)
• Valland (“France, Rome”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: valskur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: valsk, velsk (Possibly from Middle Low German)
• Old Swedish: valsker
  • Swedish: välsk
• Danish: vælsk (Possibly from Middle Low German)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velsk