dæld
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk dæld and Swedish däld
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dæld f (genitive singular dældar, nominative plural dældir)
- hollow, depression
- 1862, J. Árnason, G. Vigfússon, Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri:
- […] úr þessari dæld er sagt að munkarnir úr klaustrinu hafi þvegið sér.
- […] it is said that the monks from the cloister did wash themselves (with rain water) out of this hollow (in a stone)
- dell, dale
- dent, indentation
Declension edit
declension of dæld
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
dæld f (definite singular dælda or dældi, indefinite plural dælder, definite plural dældene)