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Fula
Etymology 1
Verb
elde
- (Pulaar) to cut, slice (wood)
Etymology 2
Verb
elde
- (Pulaar) to disdain, dislike
References
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age”). More at eld.
Noun
elde
- age, span of years
- era, epoch
- period
Descendants
Middle Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.
Verb
elde
- (intransitive) to grow old
Conjugation
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse elda.
Verb
elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)
- to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)
Derived terms
References
- “elde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Related to alder (“age”) and eldre (“older”, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (“grow”).
- elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
- elda (verb, with a infinitive)
Noun
elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
- old age, oldness
Verb
elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
- (transitive) to make old, have look old
See also
Etymology 2
Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.
- elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
- elda (verb, with a infinitive)
Noun
elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
- the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
- firewood (or other material set for burning)
- Synonym: brensel
Verb
elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)
- (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
kan du elde opp i omnen?- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive) to heat up
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
han elda opp krigarane- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
- (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
- (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
eg eldar i halsen- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
det eldar for brystet- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (“to foster, breed”), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“grow”).
Noun
elde n (definite singular eldet, indefinite plural elde, definite plural elda)
- rearing, breeding of animals
- offspring
- stock, lineage
- han er av godt elde
- he is of good stock
- breeding animal
Synonyms
- (breeding of animals): al, avl, dyreavl, oppal, oppdrett
- (offspring): al, avkjøme, avkom, oppal, ungar, yngel
- (stock, lineage): slag, ætt
- (animal that is used for breeding): aledyr, alsdyr, avlsdyr
References
- “elde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
elde m pl (Anglian)
- Alternative form of ielde
Declension