Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb edit

velja (third person singular past indicative valdi, third person plural past indicative valdu, supine valt)

  1. to choose
  2. to elect

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of velja (group v-18)
infinitive velja
supine valt
participle (a7)1 veljandi valdur
present past
first singular velji valdi
second singular velur valdi
third singular velur valdi
plural velja valdu
imperative
singular vel!
plural veljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

velja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdi, supine valið)

  1. to choose, to select

Conjugation edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

velja (present tense vel, past tense valde, past participle valt, passive infinitive veljast, present participle veljande, imperative vel)

  1. choose, pick
    Kva for ein vel du?
    Which one do you choose?
  2. elect
    Om hausten valde dei eit nytt parlament.
    In the autumn, they elected a new parliament.

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *waljaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-.

Verb edit

velja (singular past indicative valdi, plural past indicative vǫldu, past participle valdr or valiðr or valinn)

  1. to choose, to select
    Synonym: kjósa

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: velja
  • Faroese: velja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velja
  • Old Swedish: vælia
  • Old Danish: wæliæ
  • Elfdalian: wela
  • Gutnish: väle
  • Scanian: vælla
  • Ostrobothnian: väli, välg

References edit

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