Dictionary:hval

Nynorn

Etymology

From Old Norse hvalr (ONP)

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

hwal [hwāl], sb., 1) a whale, O.N. hvalr, m., L.Sc. whaal. The pronunc. with ā is characteristic of N.I.; elsewhere now, in proper sense, more comm. pronounced as in Eng. The form with ā, however, is often found in compds. outside N.I., e.g. hwalbak (see below), hwalkrang (L.Sc. krang, sb., the body of a whale divested of the blubber), hwalsløb (see below). 2) metaph.: long, rolling, unbroken wave; mostly in pl., hwals [hwāls], applied to waves of this description. In the same sense hwalbak, prop. the back of a whale.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hval

1. whale

Inflection

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Synonyms

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