hlaða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̥aːða/

  Rhymes: -aːða

Verb

hlaða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hlóð, third-person plural past indicative hlóðu, supine hlaðið)

1. (transitive, with dative) to pile, to stack
2. (transitive, with accusative) to load, to lade (a gun, a car, a ship)
3. (transitive, with accusative) to charge an electronic device

   Ertu búinn að hlaða símann?

   Did you charge the phone?

   Að hlaða rafgeymi.

   To charge a battery.

4. (transitive, with accusative) to build with stones or bricks

   Ég er að hlaða vegg.

   I am building a wall.

5. (impersonal, of snow) to fall

   Það hleður niður snjó.

   It's snowing heavily.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• hlaði

Noun

hlaða f (genitive singular hlöðu, nominative plural hlöður)

1. barn

Declension

Related terms

• hlað

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).

Verb

hlaða (singular past indicative hlóð, plural past indicative hlóðu, past participle hlaðit)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to load, to lade

   hlóðu skipit með hveiti

   they loaded the ship with wheat

2. (transitive, with dative) to pile, to stack

   kistur hlaðnar af gulli

   chests loaded with gold

3. (transitive, with accusative) to build something by putting one thing on top of another
4. (transitive, with dative) to fell, to lay prostrate

   gátu þeir hlaðit honum um síðir ok bundu hann

   they finally laid him down and bound him

5. (transitive, with dative) to slay

   bera vápn á Finnana ok fá hlaðit þeim

   bear arms against the Finns and slay them

6. (intransitive, reflexive) to throng, to crowd.

   vér viljum eigi, at fjǫlmenni hlaðist at, er vér erum afklæddir

   we don't want anyone thronging to see us naked

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlaða
• Faroese: laða
• Norwegian Nynorsk: la, lade, lada
• Elfdalian: leða
• Old Swedish: laþa
  • Swedish: ladda
• Danish: lade
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lade, la

Noun

hlaða f (genitive hlǫðu)

1. a storehouse, barn; a place in where something is laid, put, or stacked.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• hlaði

Noun

hlaða

1. accusative singular indefinite of hlaði
2. dative singular indefinite of hlaði
3. genitive singular indefinite of hlaði
4. accusative plural indefinite of hlaði
5. genitive plural indefinite of hlaði

References

• hlaða in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• hlaða in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on hlaða.