elda

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From eldur (“fire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛlta/ Rhymes: -ɛlta === Verb === elda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði, supine eldað) to cook [intransitive or with accusative] to dawn ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== elda grátt silfur (“to be at loggerheads”) elda ofan í (“to cook for someone”) == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English elder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /elda/ === Noun === elda (plural elda dem, quantified elda) elder == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === eldet === 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 ===== alder gamal, gammal, eldre, eldst === 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) (transitive) to heat up (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== elda f definite singular of elde definite singular of elde ==== Noun ==== elda n definite plural of elde === References === “elda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, lade, leda == 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 ===== Norwegian Nynorsk: elda, elde (e and split infinitives) Norwegian Bokmål: elde Danish: ælde === 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 ===== Icelandic: elda Norwegian Nynorsk: elda, elde (e and split infinitives) Swedish: elda ==== Noun ==== elda indefinite genitive plural of eldr === 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 == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse elda. === Verb === elda to light, kindle a fire (transitive, with accusative) to kindle, light, set fire to (transitive) to heat, warm ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: elda == 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 (transitive) to burn (as fuel) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== elda för kråkorna eldare eldbar eldning uppelda vedelda