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Icelandic
Noun
hval
- indefinite accusative singular of hvalur
- indefinite dative singular of hvalur
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Danish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hval m (definite singular hvalen, indefinite plural hvaler, definite plural hvalene)
- a whale
Derived terms
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.
Noun
hval m
- whale
Declension
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Declension of hval (strong a-stem)
Descendants
Swedish
Noun
hval
- Obsolete spelling of val (whale)
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