eldsvåda

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish elds vadhe, equivalent to eld +‎ -s- +‎ våda (the -a at the end coming from the oblique cases of earlier våde). Originally in the sense "danger of fire". Cognate with Danish ildsvåde, Icelandic eldsváði. === Noun === eldsvåda c destructive fire, such as a house burning ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “eldsvåda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “eldsvåda”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “eldsvåda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) eldsvåda in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) elds vadhe in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L