volde
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse valda (“to wield, rule, cause”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”), cognate with Swedish vålla (“to cause”), German walten (“to rule, exercise”). Doublet of valte.
Verb edit
volde (past tense voldte, past participle voldt or voldet)
- to wreak; cause (something bad)
- volde vanskeligheder, problemer, (stor) skade, nogens død
- cause difficulties, problems, (great) harm, someone's death
- volde vanskeligheder, problemer, (stor) skade, nogens død
Conjugation edit
Inflection of volde
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
volde c
- indefinite plural of vold
Middle English edit
Verb edit
volde
- Alternative form of folden
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
volde (imperative vold, present tense volder, passive voldes, simple past voldte, past participle voldt, present participle voldende)
- to cause, be the cause of (something)
References edit
- “volde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
volde (present tense voldar, past tense volda, past participle volda, passive infinitive voldast, present participle voldande, imperative volde/vold)