elde

Fula

Verb

elde

  1. (Pulaar) to cut, slice (wood)
  • elal

Verb

elde

  1. (Pulaar) to disdain, dislike
  • elko
  • eloowo

References

  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (age). More at eld.

Noun

elde

  1. age, span of years
  2. era, epoch
  3. period

Descendants

  • English: eld
  • Scots: eild

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse elda.

Verb

elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)

  1. to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Related to alder (age) and eldre (older, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow).

Alternative forms

  • elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
  • elda (verb) (with a infinitive)

Noun

elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

  1. old age, oldness

Verb

elde (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

See also

Etymology 2

Derived from eld (fire), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.

Alternative forms

  • elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
  • elda (verb) (with a infinitive)

Noun

elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

  1. the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
  2. firewood (or other material set for burning)
    Synonym: brensel

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
    • kan 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

Etymology 3

From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (to foster, breed), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (grow).

Noun

elde n (definite singular eldet, indefinite plural elde, definite plural elda)

  1. rearing, breeding of animals
  2. offspring
  3. stock, lineage
    han er av godt elde
    he is of good stock
  4. breeding animal
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