lodde

See also: Lodde and lödde

English

Noun

lodde (plural loddes)

  1. (obsolete) the capelin (fish).
    • 1813, Leopold von Buch (Freiherr), Travels through Norway and Lapland
      We were actually told that when the lodde enters from the sea, the fishermen smell them at a distance of ten English miles, and immediately set off in their boats in quest of them.

References
  • lodde in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔdə/, [ˈlʌðə]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian lodde. Compare Old Norse loðna (“capelin”).

Noun

lodde c (singular definite lodden, plural indefinite lodder)

  1. capelin, Mallotus villosus
Inflection
Declension of lodde
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lodde lodden lodder lodderne
genitive loddes loddens lodders loddernes
Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lōden.

Verb

lodde (imperative lod, infinitive at lodde, present tense lodder, past tense loddede, perfect tense er/har loddet)

  1. sound (to probe)
  2. plumb
  3. gauge, test
  4. fathom
  5. solder (to join with solder)

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lontē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta.

Noun

lodde

  1. bird

Inflection
Even e-stem, dˈd-d gradation
Nominative lodde
Genitive lode
Singular Plural
Nominative lodde lodeh
Accusative lode luudijd
Genitive lode ludij
luudij
Illative loodán luddijd
Locative loddeest luudijn
Comitative luddijn ludijguin
Abessive lodettáá ludijttáá
Essive lodden
Partitive lodded
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person — — —
2nd person — — —
3rd person — — —

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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