valv

• hvalf (obsolete since 1906)

From Old Swedish hvalf, from Old Norse hvalf, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą.

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valv n

1. (architecture) a vault
2. (architecture) an arch (forming a larger opening in a wall)

   Synonym: (sometimes) båge

3. a vault (room or compartment for safekeeping of valuables)

• bankvalv
• himlavalv
• kassavalv
• källarvalv

• välva

• “valv”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “valv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “valv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• valv in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)