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

Declension of valur (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 (masculine)

	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 (sg-only masculine)

	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

Related terms

• valoruż
• vvalorizza

Old French

Alternative forms

• valor
• valeur

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

Related terms

• valeir / valoir
• vaillant

Descendants

• French: valeur
• Norman: valeu