valda

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Estonian

Noun

valda

  1. partitive singular of vald
  2. illative singular of vald

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative olli, supine valdið)

  1. to cause
  2. to be able to do, to manage to do
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdaði, supine valdað)

  1. (chess) to protect a chess piece

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

valda

  1. might, power

Latvian

Verb

valda

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of valdīt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of valdīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of valdīt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

valda (present tense valdar, past tense valda, past participle valda, passive infinitive valdast, present participle valdande, imperative valda/vald)

  1. alternative form of valde

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

valda n

  1. definite plural of vald

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. (transitive, with dative) to wield (e.g. a sword)
  2. to rule over
  3. to cause, be the cause of

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • valda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. to rule
  2. to rid
  3. to cause

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Adjective

valda

  1. inflection of vald:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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