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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swalaz (“cool, cold”), from *swelaną (“to burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm up, burn”). Akin to German schwül (“sultry”), Dutch zwoel (“sultry”), and Ancient Greek σέλας (sélas, “luminous”).
Adjective
svalr (comparative svalari, superlative svalastr)
- cool, cold
- Vǫluspá, stanza 3, lines 3–4:
- vara sandr né sær
né svalar unnir
- there was no sand nor sea
nor cool waves
Declension
Strong declension of svalr
Declension of comparative of svalr
Strong declension of superlative of svalr
Weak declension of superlative of svalr
Descendants
References
- “svalr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press