elda

From eldur (“fire”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlta/

  Rhymes: -ɛlta

elda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði, supine eldað)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to cook
2. to dawn

• elda grátt silfur (to be at loggerheads)
• elda ofan í (to cook for somebody)

• eldet

elda

1. inflection of elde:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

From Old Norse elda (“to make old”).

• elde (e and split infinitives)

elda (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)

1. (transitive) to make old, have look old

• alder
• gamal, gammal, eldre, eldst

From Old Norse elda (“to kindle, fire up”).

• elde (e and split infinitives)

elda (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elda/eld)

1. (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
   • kunne du elde opp i omnen?
2. (transitive) to heat up
3. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
   • han elda opp krigarane
4. (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
5. (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
6. (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
   • eg eldar i halsen
   • det eldar for brystet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

elda f

1. definite singular of elde
2. definite singular of elde

elda n

1. definite plural of elde

• “elda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, lade, leda

Related to ellri and ellztr. Goes back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt.

elda

1. (transitive) to cause to be or appear old

• Norwegian Nynorsk: elda, elde
• Norwegian Bokmål: elde
• Danish: ælde

From eldr (“fire”).

elda

1. to light, kindle a fire
2. (transitive, with accusative) to kindle, light, set fire to
3. (transitive) to heat, warm

• Icelandic: elda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elda, elde
• Swedish: elda

elda

1. indefinite genitive plural of eldr

• 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.
• “elda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From eld (“fire”) +‎ -a.

elda (present eldar, preterite eldade, supine eldat, imperative elda)

1. (intransitive) to start a fire
2. (intransitive) to keep a fire burning

   Vi eldar i öppna spisen

   We have a fire going in the fireplace

3. (transitive) to burn (as fuel)

   Vi eldar björk i öppna spisen

   We burn birchwood in the fireplace

   Vi eldar olja

   We burn oil