dæla

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dæla (a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves), from Proto-Germanic *dalą (valley). Cognate with both senses of English dale.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dæla f (genitive singular dælu, nominative plural dælur)

  1. pump

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

dæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dældi, supine dælt)

  1. to pump

Conjugation[edit]

Old English[edit]

Noun[edit]

dǣla

  1. genitive plural of dǣl