valda

See also: Valda

Estonian

Noun

valda

  1. partitive singular of vald
  2. illative singular of vald

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvalta/
    Rhymes: -alta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative olli, supine valdið)

  1. (governs dative) to cause
  2. (governs accusative) to be able to do (something), to manage to do (something)
Conjugation

Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdaði, supine valdað)

  1. (chess) to protect a chess piece

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

valda

  1. might, power

Latvian

Verb

valda

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of valdīt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of valdīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of valdīt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

valda (present tense valdar, past tense valda, past participle valda, passive infinitive valdast, present participle valdande, imperative valda/vald)

  1. alternative form of valde

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑl.dɑ/

Noun

valda n

  1. definite plural of vald

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. (transitive, with dative) to wield (e.g. a sword)
  2. to rule over
  3. to cause, be the cause of

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: valda
  • Faroese: valda
  • Norwegian: valda
  • Elfdalian: uolda
  • Old Swedish: valda, valla, volda
  • Old Danish: waldæ
  • Old Gutnish: walda

References

  • valda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. to rule
  2. to rid
  3. to cause

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Adjective

valda

  1. inflection of vald:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Anagrams

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