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hvalr

hvalr

Old Norse

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	hvalum	hvalunum
genitive	hvals	hvalsins	hvala	hvalanna

Descendants

Danish: hval
Faroese: hvalur
Icelandic: hvalur

Norwegian: hval (Bokmal), kval (Nynorsk)
Swedish: 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, Oxford: Clarendon Press