velja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. === Verb === velja (third person singular past indicative valdi, third person plural past indicative valdu, supine valt) to choose to elect ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛlja/ Rhymes: -ɛlja === Verb === velja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdi, supine valið) to choose, to select Synonym: kjósa ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== útvelja == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === velje (e infinitive) === Etymology === From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʋɛljɑ/ === Verb === velja (present tense vel, past tense valde, past participle valt, passive infinitive veljast, present participle veljande, imperative vel) choose, pick elect ==== References ==== “velja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *waljaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-. === Verb === velja (singular past indicative valdi, plural past indicative vǫldu, past participle valdr or valiðr or valinn) to choose, to select Synonym: kjósa ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: velja Faroese: velja Norwegian Nynorsk: velja Old Swedish: vælia Swedish: välja Old Danish: wæliæ Danish: vælge Norwegian Bokmål: velge Elfdalian: wela Gutnish: väle Scanian: vælla Ostrobothnian: väli, välg === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “velja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive