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 ==== Declension ==== ==== 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 === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvalr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive