See also: hlada

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (to load).

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Verb edit

hlaða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hlóð, third-person plural past indicative hlóðu, supine hlaðið)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to pile, to stack
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to load, to lade (a gun, a car, a ship)
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to charge an electronic device
    Ertu búinn að hlaða símann?
    Did you charge the phone?
    hlaða rafgeymi.
    To charge a battery.
  4. (transitive, with accusative) to build with stones or bricks
    Ég er að hlaða vegg.
    I am building a wall.
  5. (impersonal, of snow) to fall
    Það hleður niður snjó.
    It's snowing heavily.

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Noun edit

hlaða f (genitive singular hlöðu, nominative plural hlöður)

  1. barn

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (to load), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (to put, lay out).

Verb edit

hlaða (singular past indicative hlóð, plural past indicative hlóðu, past participle hlaðit)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to load, to lade
    hlóðu skipit með hveiti
    they loaded the ship with wheat
  2. (transitive, with dative) to pile, to stack
    kistur hlaðnar af gulli
    chests loaded with gold
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to build something by putting one thing on top of another
  4. (transitive, with dative) to fell, to lay prostrate
    gátu þeir hlaðit honum um síðir ok bundu hann
    they finally laid him down and bound him
  5. (transitive, with dative) to slay
    bera vápn á Finnana ok fá hlaðit þeim
    bear arms against the Finns and slay them
  6. (intransitive, reflexive) to throng, to crowd.
    vér viljum eigi, at fjǫlmenni hlaðist at, er vér erum afklæddir
    we don't want anyone thronging to see us naked

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: hlaða
  • Faroese: laða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: la, lade, lada
  • Elfdalian: leða
  • Old Swedish: laþa
  • Danish: lade

Noun edit

hlaða f (genitive hlǫðu)

  1. a storehouse, barn; a place in where something is laid, put, or stacked.

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Noun edit

hlaða

  1. accusative singular indefinite of hlaði
  2. dative singular indefinite of hlaði
  3. genitive singular indefinite of hlaði
  4. accusative plural indefinite of hlaði
  5. genitive plural indefinite of hlaði

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