hvalr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Compare Old English hwæl, Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal.

Noun

hvalr m (genitive hvals, plural hvalar or hvalir)

whale
Skera hval.
To flense a whale.

Declension

Declension of hvalr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvalr	hvalrinn	hvalar, hvalir	hvalarnir, hvalirnir
accusative	hval	hvalinn	hvala, hvali	hvalana, hvalina
dative	hvali	hvalinum	hvǫlum	hvǫlunum
genitive	hvals	hvalsins	hvala	hvalanna

Descendants

Icelandic: hvalur
Faroese: hvalur
Norn: hval
Norwegian Nynorsk: kval
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kval
Elfdalian: wal
Old Swedish: hval
- Swedish: val
Scanian: hval
Old Danish: hwal
- Danish: hval
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hval
Gutnish: val

References

“hvalr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press

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