• Rhymes:-aːla

FromOld Norsesvala.

svala f (genitive singularsvölu,nominative pluralsvölur)

1. swallow

svala (weak verb,third-person singular past indicativesvalaði,supinesvalað)

1. tosatisfy
2. toquench

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

svala m orf

1. definitefemininesingular ofsvale

svala

1. inflection ofsvale:
   1. simplepast
   2. pastparticiple

svala f (definite singularsvala,indefinite pluralsvalerorsvalor,definite pluralsvaleneorsvalone)

1. (pre-2012)alternative form ofsvale
2. definitesingular ofsvale

svala (present tensesvalar,past tensesvala,past participlesvala,passive infinitivesvalast,present participlesvalande,imperativesvala/sval)

1. Alternative form ofsvale

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

FromProto-Germanic*swalwǭ.

The expected form is*svǫlva, which is reflected in some of the descendants; nominative singularsvala is due to analogy with the oblique singularsvǫlu, caused by the loss ofv before a rounded vowel. Comparevǫlva, fromProto-Germanic*swalwǭ, with oblique singularvǫlu.

svala f (genitivesvǫlu,pluralsvǫlur)

1. aswallow

From the adjectivesvalr.

svala

1. tochill,cool

• Norwegian Nynorsk:svala,svale

svala

1. strongfeminineaccusativesingular ofsvalr
2. strongmasculineaccusativeplural ofsvalr
3. weakmasculineobliquesingular ofsvalr
4. weakfemininenominativesingular ofsvalr
5. weakneutersingular ofsvalr

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

• IPA^(key): /²svɑːla/

• Audio;“en svala”:

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

svala

1. inflection ofsval:
   1. definitesingular
   2. plural

FromOld Norsesvala, fromProto-Germanic*swalwǭ.

svala c

1. swallow (bird)

• salva,slava

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