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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą, cognate with Swedish våld, German Gewalt.
Noun
vold c (singular definite volden, not used in plural form)
- violence
- force
- assault and battery
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German wal, from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą, cognate with English wall, German Wall. An early loan from Latin vallum.
Noun
vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)
- bank
- embankment
- rampart, earthwork
Declension
Etymology 3
From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), cognate with German Wald. Doublet of val.
Noun
vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)
- (archaic) field, meadow
Declension
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vold
- imperative of volde
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vald.
Noun
vold m (definite singular volden)
- violence
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
vold
- imperative of volde
References
- “vold” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
vold f (definite singular volda, uncountable)
- (dialectal) alternative form of vald
Etymology 2
From Norwegian Bokmål vold.
Noun
vold m (definite singular volden, uncountable)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of vald (“violence”)
Etymology 3
Verb
vold
- (pre-2012) imperative of volda
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English fold, from Old English fald, falæd, falod, from Proto-West Germanic *falud.
Pronunciation
Noun
vold
- A pen for domesticated animals.
1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:Aar's neer a vear o aam to be drine-vold.- There is no fear of them to fall into a dry furrow or trench.
Derived terms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 111