tjæld

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tjald (“curtain”), from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tjeld (“curtain, tent”), Swedish tjäll (“hut”), and German Zelt (“tent”). The modern Danish word telt was borrowed from Low German (like English tilt and Swedish tält (“tent”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

tjæld n (singular definite tjældet, plural indefinite tjæld)

  1. (obsolete) a canvas, carpet
  2. (archaic) a tent
  3. (poetic) a cover

Inflection

Declension of tjæld
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tjæld tjældet tjæld tjældene
genitive tjælds tjældets tjælds tjældenes

References

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