hrosshvalr

Old Norse

Etymology

From hross (“horse”) +‎ hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

hrosshvalr m

walrus

Descendants

Old Norse: *hvalhross
- Norwegian: hvalross
- Swedish: valross
- Danish: hvalros
  - → English: walrus
  - → Dutch: walros (obsolete), walrus
    - → Afrikaans: walrus
    - → German: Walross

References

hrosshvalr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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