volde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔlə/, [ˈʋʌlə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse valda (“to wield, rule, cause”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”), cognate with Swedish vålla (“to cause”), German walten (“to rule, exercise”). Doublet of valte.

Verb

volde (past tense voldte, past participle voldt or voldet)

1. to wreak; cause (something bad)

   volde vanskeligheder, problemer, (stor) skade, nogens død

   cause difficulties, problems, (great) harm, someone's death

Conjugation

Conjugation of volde

active passive present volder voldes past voldte voldtes infinitive volde voldes imperative vold — participle present voldende past voldt or voldet (auxiliary verb have) gerund volden

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volde c

1. indefinite plural of vold

Middle English

Verb

volde

1. alternative form of folden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse valda.

Verb

volde (imperative vold, present tense volder, passive voldes, simple past voldte, past participle voldt, present participle voldende)

1. to cause, be the cause of (something)

References

• “volde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

volde (present tense voldar, past tense volda, past participle volda, passive infinitive voldast, present participle voldande, imperative volde/vold)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of valde