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elda
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Icelandic
Etymology
From eldur (“fire”).
Pronunciation
Verb
elda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði, supine eldað)
- to cook [intransitive or with accusative]
- to dawn
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
- elda grátt silfur (“to be at loggerheads”)
- elda ofan í (“to cook for someone”)
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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
elda (plural elda dem, quantified elda)
- elder
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:
- Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.
- This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
elda
- inflection of elde:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse elda (“to make old”).
Alternative forms
- elde (e and split infinitives)
Verb
elda (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
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse elda (“to kindle, fire up”).
Alternative forms
- elde (e and split infinitives)
Verb
elda (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elda/eld)
- (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
- kunne 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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
elda f
Noun
elda n
References
- “elda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Related to ellri and ellztr. Goes back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt.
Verb
elda
- (transitive) to cause to be or appear old
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 2
From eldr (“fire”).
Verb
elda
- to light, kindle a fire
- to kindle, light, set fire to [with accusative]
- (transitive) to heat, warm
Conjugation
Descendants
Noun
elda
Further reading
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on elda.
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “elda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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Old Swedish
Etymology
Verb
elda
- to light, kindle a fire
- (transitive, with accusative) to kindle, light, set fire to
- (transitive) to heat, warm
Conjugation
Descendants
- Swedish: elda
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish elda or eld (“fire”) + -a.
Verb
elda (present eldar, preterite eldade, supine eldat, imperative elda)
- (intransitive) to start a fire
- (intransitive) to keep a fire burning
- Vi eldar i öppna spisen
- We have a fire going in the fireplace
- (transitive) to burn (as fuel)
- Vi eldar björk i öppna spisen
- We burn birchwood in the fireplace
- Vi eldar olja
- We burn oil
Conjugation
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
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