valur

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse valr (“the slain, the fallen”), from Proto-Germanic *walaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛaːlʊɹ/ Rhymes: -ɛaːlʊɹ === Noun === valur m (genitive singular vals, plural valir) (historical) battlefield ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaːlʏr/ Rhymes: -aːlʏr === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse valr (“hawk, falcon”). ==== Noun ==== valur m (genitive singular vals, nominative plural valir) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse valr (“the slain, the fallen”), from Proto-Germanic *walaz (“corpse, body; carnage”). ==== Noun ==== valur m (genitive singular vals, no plural) the fallen; casualties of a war or battle ===== Declension ===== == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian valore and/or Sicilian valuri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaˈluːr/ Rhymes: -uːr === Noun === valur m (plural valuri) valour ==== Related terms ==== == Old French == === Alternative forms === valor valeur === Etymology === From Late Latin valōrem, accusative singular of valor, from Latin valeō. === Noun === valur oblique singular, m (oblique plural valurs, nominative singular valurs, nominative plural valur) value valor; braveness ==== Related terms ==== valeir / valoir vaillant ==== Descendants ==== French: valeur Norman: valeu