valur

See also: válur and Válur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse valr (“the slain, the fallen”), from Proto-Germanic *walaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛaːlʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːlʊɹ

Noun

valur m (genitive singular vals, plural valir)

  1. (historical) battlefield

Declension
m17 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative valur valurin valir valirnir
Accusative val valin valir valirnar
Dative vali valinum vølum/
valum		 vølunum/
valunum
Genitive vals valsins vala valanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːlʏr/
  • Rhymes: -aːlʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse valr (“hawk, falcon”).

Noun

valur m (genitive singular vals, nominative plural valir)

  1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Declension
declension of valur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative valur valurinn valir valirnir
accusative val valinn vali valina
dative val valnum völum völunum
genitive vals valsins vala valanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse valr (“the slain, the fallen”), from Proto-Germanic *walaz (“corpse, body; carnage”).

Noun

valur m (genitive singular vals, no plural)

  1. the fallen; casualties of a war or battle
Declension
declension of valur
m-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative valur valurinn
accusative val valinn
dative val valnum
genitive vals valsins

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin valōrem, accusative singular of valor, from Latin valeō.

Noun

valur m (oblique plural valurs, nominative singular valurs, nominative plural valur)

  1. value
  2. valor; braveness

Descendants
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