valr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of valr

Noun: valr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.valr
Sg. Def.valrinn
Pl. Indef.valir
Pl. Def.valirnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.vals
Sg. Def.valsins
Pl. Indef.vala
Pl. Def.valanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.vali; val
Sg. Def.valinum
Pl. Indef.vǫlum
Pl. Def.vǫlunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.val
Sg. Def.valinn
Pl. Indef.vali
Pl. Def.valina

Sample Sentences

  • […] ok allan þann val, sem fellr á þeima velli, gef ek Óðni. ([…] and all those slain, who shall fall at that field, I shall give unto Odin.) [Sögubrot af Fornkonungum 8, in 1829, C. C. Rafn, Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 380]

Nouns inflected like valr

valr,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walaz (“corpse, body, battlefield”). Cognate with Old English wæl, Old Saxon wal, Old High German wal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“wound, injure”). See: Old English Nouns 'wæl'.

Verbs referencing "valr"

Old English Nouns wæl, Latin Nouns vola, French Nouns gaule, Faroese Nouns valur, Icelandic Nouns valur, Latvian Nouns veļi, English Nouns valknut.

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