valur

See also: Valur, 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

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valore and/or Sicilian valuri.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaˈluːr/

Noun

valur m (plural valuri)

  1. valour

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. value
  2. valor; braveness

Descendants
  • French: valeur
  • Norman: valeu
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