svala

• Rhymes: -aːla

From Old Norse svala.

svala f (genitive singular svölu, nominative plural svölur)

1. swallow

svala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svalaði, supine svalað)

1. to satisfy
2. to quench

• svalen (of noun)
• (of verb) svalet, svalte (simple past), svalt (past participle)

svala m or f

1. definite feminine singular of svale

svala

1. inflection of svale:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

svala f (definite singular svala, indefinite plural svaler or svalor, definite plural svalene or svalone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of svale
2. definite singular of svale

svala (present tense svalar, past tense svala, past participle svala, passive infinitive svalast, present participle svalande, imperative svala/sval)

1. alternative form of svale

• avlas, las av, lavas, salva, savla, slava, svala, valsa, vasla

From Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

The expected form is *svǫlva, which is reflected in some of the descendants; nominative singular svala is due to analogy with the oblique singular svǫlu, caused by the loss of v before a rounded vowel. Compare vǫlva, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ, with oblique singular vǫlu.

svala f (genitive svǫlu, plural svǫlur)

1. a swallow

From the adjective svalr.

svala

1. to chill, cool

• Norwegian Nynorsk: svala, svale

svala

1. strong feminine accusative singular of svalr
2. strong masculine accusative plural of svalr
3. weak masculine oblique singular of svalr
4. weak feminine nominative singular of svalr
5. weak neuter singular of svalr

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “svala”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• IPA^(key): /²svɑːla/

• Audio; “en svala”:

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

svala

1. inflection of sval:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

From Old Norse svala, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

svala c

1. swallow (bird)

• salva, slava