elde
Fula[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
elde
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
elde
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age”). More at eld.
Noun[edit]
elde
Descendants[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)
- to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “elde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Related to alder (“age”) and eldre (“older”, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (“grow”).
- (noun): From Danish ælde, from with Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄.
- (verb): From Old Norse elda.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
Verb[edit]
elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
- (transitive) to make old, have look old
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
- the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
- firewood (or other material set for burning)
- Synonym: brensel
Verb[edit]
elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)
- (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
- kan du elde opp i omnen?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive) to heat up
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
- han elda opp krigarane
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
- (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
- (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
- eg eldar i halsen
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- det eldar for brystet
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (“to foster, breed”), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“grow”).
Noun[edit]
elde n (definite singular eldet, indefinite plural elde, definite plural elda)
- rearing, breeding of animals
- offspring
- stock, lineage
- han er av godt elde
- he is of good stock
- han er av godt elde
- breeding animal
Synonyms[edit]
- (breeding of animals): al, avl, dyreavl, oppal, oppdrett
- (offspring): al, avkjøme, avkom, oppal, ungar, yngel
- (stock, lineage): slag, ætt
- (animal that is used for breeding): aledyr, alsdyr, avlsdyr
References[edit]
- “elde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.
Verb[edit]
elde (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle eldyng, simple past eldit, past participle eldit)
- (Middle Scots, intransitive) to grow old
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | (to) elde | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | elde | eldit |
2nd person singular | eldis | eldit |
3rd person singular | eldis | eldit |
¹ plural | elde | eldit |
imperative | present | — |
singular | elde (þow)! | |
¹ plural | elde (ȝe)! | |
participle | present | past |
eldand | eldit | |
Note: When not immediately preceded or followed by a pronoun, a verb in the present tense takes the -is inflection, in any person and number. See Northern Subject Rule.
¹ Commonly used as a formal 2nd-person singular. |
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