elde
Fula edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
elde
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
elde
Related terms edit
References edit
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age”). More at eld.
Noun edit
elde
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)
- to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “elde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to alder (“age”) and eldre (“older”, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (“grow”).
- (noun): From Danish ælde, from with Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄.
- (verb): From Old Norse elda.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
Verb edit
elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
- (transitive) to make old, have look old
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
- the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
- firewood (or other material set for burning)
- Synonym: brensel
Verb edit
elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)
- (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
- kan du elde opp i omnen?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive) to heat up
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
- han elda opp krigarane
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
- (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
- (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
- eg eldar i halsen
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- det eldar for brystet
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (“to foster, breed”), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“grow”).
Noun edit
elde n (definite singular eldet, indefinite plural elde, definite plural elda)
- rearing, breeding of animals
- offspring
- stock, lineage
- han er av godt elde
- he is of good stock
- han er av godt elde
- breeding animal
Synonyms edit
- (breeding of animals): al, avl, dyreavl, oppal, oppdrett
- (offspring): al, avkjøme, avkom, oppal, ungar, yngel
- (stock, lineage): slag, ætt
- (animal that is used for breeding): aledyr, alsdyr, avlsdyr
References edit
- “elde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.
Verb edit
elde (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle eldyng, simple past eldit, past participle eldit)
- (Middle Scots, intransitive) to grow old
Conjugation edit
infinitive | (to) elde | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | elde | eldit, elded |
2nd person singular | elde | eldit, elded |
3rd person singular | eldis | eldit, elded |
plural | elde | eldit, elded |
imperative | present | — |
singular | elde (ȝow)! | |
plural | elde (þow)! | |
participle | present | past |
eldyng¹ (-ing), eldand(e)² | ¹(i-, y-)eldit, ¹(i-, y-)elded | |
Note: The conjugation of verbs in Middle Scots is quite irregular and varies from region to region; this is just a proposal based on the formal verbs found in texts.
¹: Southern Middle Scots ²: Northern Middle Scots |