vold

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See also: -vold and Vold

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)

  1. violence
  2. force
  3. assault and battery
Declension
Declension of vold
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vold volden - voldene
genitive volds voldens -s voldenes

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)

  1. bank
  2. embankment
  3. rampart, earthwork
Declension
Declension of vold
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vold volden volde voldene
genitive volds voldens voldes voldenes

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)

  1. (archaic) field, meadow
Declension
Declension of vold
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vold volden volde voldene
genitive volds voldens voldes voldenes

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vold

  1. imperative of volde

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald.

Noun

vold m (definite singular volden)

  1. violence
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

vold

  1. imperative of volde

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

vold f (definite singular volda, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of vald

Etymology 2

From Norwegian Bokmål vold.

Noun

vold m (definite singular volden, uncountable)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of vald (“violence”)

Etymology 3

Verb

vold

  1. (pre-2012) imperative of volda
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