fjǫld

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• fjǫlð

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *felaldiz from *felu ("fele"; many) + *aldiz (“"multitude"”)

Noun

fjǫld f (genitive fjǫldar, plural fjǫldir)

1. multitude, great number

Declension

  Declension of fjǫld (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫld	fjǫldin	fjǫldir	fjǫldirnar
accusative	fjǫld	fjǫldina	fjǫldir	fjǫldirnar
dative	fjǫld	fjǫldinni	fjǫldum	fjǫldunum
genitive	fjǫldar	fjǫldarinnar	fjǫlda	fjǫldanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjøld; (dialectal) fjåld, fjådd

References

• fjöld in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.