elde

Fula

Etymology 1

Verb

elde

1. (Pulaar) to cut, slice (wood)

Related terms

• elal

Etymology 2

Verb

elde

1. (Pulaar) to disdain, dislike

Related terms

• elko
• eloowo

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eelde

Etymology

From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age”). More at eld.

Noun

elde

1. age, span of years
2. era, epoch
3. period

Descendants

• English: eld
• Scots: eild

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)

1. to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)

Derived terms

• eldgammel
• foreldet

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”).

• (noun): From Danish ælde, from with Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄.
• (verb): From Old Norse elda.

Alternative forms

• elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
• elda (verb) (with a infinitive)

Noun

elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

1. old age, oldness

Verb

elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)

1. (transitive) to make old, have look old

See also

• alder
• gamal, gammal, eldre

Etymology 2

Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.

Alternative forms

• elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
• elda (verb) (with a infinitive)

Noun

elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

1. the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
2. 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)

1. (transitive) to kindle (a fire)

   kan du elde opp i omnen?

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2. (transitive) to heat up
3. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate

   han elda opp krigarane

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
5. (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
6. (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)

1. rearing, breeding of animals
2. offspring
3. stock, lineage

   han er av godt elde

   he is of good stock

4. 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

• dele, edel, edle, lede

Scots

Alternative forms

• eild

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.

Verb

elde (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle eldyng, simple past eldit, past participle eldit)

1. (Middle Scots, intransitive) to grow old

Conjugation