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vall.

a bank (long sloping elevation on the ground), often in the form of a wall of earth, gravel, or the like, used as a primitive fortification (but also of for example snow), an embankment, an earthwork

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a bank (long sloping elevation on the ground), often in the form of a wall of earth, gravel, or the like, used as a primitive fortification (but also of for example snow), an embankment, an earthwork

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish valder, from Latin vallum (“rampart”). Cognate with English wall.

noun
  1. a field sown with grass, clover, or the like for haymaking or grazing; a hay meadow, a pasture, a field

    common-gender
  2. grazing

    common-gender
  3. a sports field, a sports ground

    common-gender · often
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”).

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