elde
Fula
Related terms
- elal
Related terms
- 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.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)
- to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)
References
- “elde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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”).
Verb
elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
Etymology 2
Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.
Verb
elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)
- (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
- kan du elde opp i omnen?
- (transitive) to heat up
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
- han elda opp krigarane
- (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
- (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
- (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”).
Synonyms
References
- “elde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.