hvalr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of hvalr

Noun: hvalr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.hvalr
Sg. Def.hvalrinn
Pl. Indef.hvalar; hvalir
Pl. Def.hvalarnir; hvalirnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.hvals
Sg. Def.hvalsins
Pl. Indef.hvala
Pl. Def.hvalanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.hvali
Sg. Def.hvalinum
Pl. Indef.hvǫlum
Pl. Def.hvǫlunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.hval
Sg. Def.hvalinn
Pl. Indef.hvala; hvali
Pl. Def.hvalana; hvalina

Sample Sentences

  • Skera hval. (To flense a whale.)

Nouns inflected like hvalr

reyðarhvalr, hvalr,

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "hvalr"

Old English Nouns hwæl, Swedish Nouns val, Faroese Nouns hvalur, Icelandic Nouns hvalur, Danish Nouns hval, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns hval, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns kval, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns kval.

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