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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). Cognate with Old English weald, wald, Old Frisian wald, Old Saxon wald, Old High German wald. According to Kloekhorst, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”)[1] and cognate with Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”).
Pronunciation
- (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /wɒlːɹ̝/
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈvɒlːr̩/
- (Textbook Old Norse) IPA(key): /ˈˈvɔlːr̩/
Noun
vǫllr m (genitive vallar, dative velli, plural vellir)
- field, flat ground, meadow
Declension
Declension of vǫllr (strong u-stem)
Descendants
References
- ^ Alwin Kloekhorst (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers