Valhǫll
Old Norse
/ˈvɑl.hɒlː/
proper noun
Definitions
- Valhalla
Etymology
Compound from Old Norse valr (slain, fallen, dead warriors, hawk, round rod, fallen in the battlefield, round, falcon) + Old Norse hǫll (hall, large living room, big house).
Origin
Old Norse
hǫll
Gloss
hall, large living room, big house
Kanji
堂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Valhalla English
- Valhallan English
- vulnerō Latin
- vulnus Latin
- Walküre German
- Walhalla Italian
- οὐλή Ancient Greek
- ἁλίσκομαι Ancient Greek
- ἅλωσις Ancient Greek
- *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₃-ti Proto-Indo-European
- hall Norwegian Bokmål
- Valhalla Portuguese
- *hallō Proto-Germanic
- *walakuzjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *walaz Proto-Germanic
- *welwaną Proto-Germanic
- hall Swedish
- hall Norwegian Nynorsk
- hǫll Old Norse
- valr Old Norse
- Valhal Danish
- hal Danish
- val Danish
- Valhöll Icelandic
- höll Icelandic
- valur Icelandic
- høll Faroese
- valur Faroese
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wlannos Proto-Celtic
- *wolis Proto-Celtic
- *welnō Proto-Italic