vella

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

vella

1. feminine singular of vell

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʎɐ/

Adjective

vella f sg

1. feminine singular of vello

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtla/

  Rhymes: -ɛtla

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vella, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ, perhaps also partly from a *wellǭ.

Noun

vella f (genitive singular vellu, nominative plural vellur)

1. boil, boiling, bubbling
2. milk that has been boiled until it curdles and forms a reddish thick substance similar to whey cheese
3. a stifling heat
4. the sound made by a whimbrel
5. chatter
6. flattery
7. weakling
8. a small portion (e.g. of coffee)
9. a minor sickness
10. (regional) slob

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vella, from Proto-Germanic *wellaną, *wallaną.

Verb

vella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vall, third-person plural past indicative ullu, supine ollið)

1. to bubble, to boil, to simmer
2. to flow, to well up, to stream
3. (with preposition í) to be crawling with
4. to chatter
5. to make the sound characteristic of the whimbrel

Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vella, from Proto-Germanic *wallijaną.

Verb

vella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative velldi, supine vellt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to boil, cause to simmer
2. to make the sound characteristic of the whimbrel (also figuratively in vella graut, literally “boil porridge”)

Conjugation

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Italian

Verb

vella

1. inflection of vellere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• valle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• velle

Etymology

From Old Norse vella. Akin to English well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛlːɑ/

Verb

vella (present tense vell, past tense vall, supine volle, past participle vollen, present participle vellande, imperative vell)

1. to well, gush, flow (issue forth, as water from the earth)

References

• “vella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

Noun

vella f

1. boiling heat, ebullition

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: vella

References

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wellaną, *wallaną (“to well up”).

Verb

vella (singular past indicative vall, plural past indicative ullu, past participle ollinn)

1. (intransitive) to be in a state of ebullition, boil
2. to well up, swarm

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vella

1. genitive plural of vell

Phuthi

Verb

-vélla

1. to go and check something, to take a look at, to keep an eyeon someone/something

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Noun

vella f (plural vellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of vela

Yola

Etymology

The unetymological <-a> /-ә/ was inserted to separate consonants.

Adverb

vella

1. Alternative form of waal (“well”)
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 9:

     Zien, "a blaak vall, a blaak vall, Ich meigh vella knew,

     Saying "a black fall, a black fall——I might well have known,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129