volde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔlə/, [ˈʋʌlə]

Etymology 1

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

volde (past tense voldte, past participle voldt or voldet)

1. to wreak; cause (something bad)

   volde vanskeligheder, problemer, (stor) skade, nogens død

   cause difficulties, problems, (great) harm, someone's death

Conjugation

Inflection of volde

	present	past
simple	volder	voldte
perfect	har voldt or voldet	havde voldt or voldet
passive	voldes	voldtes
participle	voldende	voldt or voldet
imperative	vold	—
infinitive	volde	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	volden	—

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volde c

1. indefinite plural of vold

Middle English

Verb

volde

1. Alternative form of folden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse valda.

Verb

volde (imperative vold, present tense volder, passive voldes, simple past voldte, past participle voldt, present participle voldende)

1. to cause, be the cause of (something)

References

• “volde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

volde (present tense voldar, past tense volda, past participle volda, passive infinitive voldast, present participle voldande, imperative volde/vold)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of valde