dalr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dala-, whence also Old English dæl, Old High German tal.

Noun

dalr m (genitive dals, dative dali or dal, plural dalir)

  1. dale, valley

Declension

  Declension of dalr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dalr dalrinn dalar dalarnir
accusative dal dalinn dala dalana
dative dali dalinum dǫlum dǫlunum
genitive dals dalsins dala dalanna
  Declension of dalr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dalr dalrinn dalir dalirnir
accusative dal dalinn dali dalina
dative dal dalinum dǫlum dǫlunum
genitive dals dalsins dala dalanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Faroese: dalur
  • Icelandic: dalur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dal; (dialectal) dal'e
  • Old Swedish: dal
  • Danish: dal
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dal
  • → Scottish Gaelic: dail

References

  • “dalr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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