välde

== Estonian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === välde (genitive välte, partitive väldet) (linguistics) length, duration ==== Inflection ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Related to våld (“violence”) and German Gewalt, Finnish valta === Noun === välde n a power, an empire, a realm, a reign ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === välde in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Further reading === “välde”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)