folde

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɔlə/, [ˈfʌlə]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse falda, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (to fold).

Verb[edit]

folde (imperative fold, infinitive at folde, present tense folder, past tense foldede, perfect tense er/har foldet)

  1. to fold

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Etymology 2[edit]

See fold (fold, pen).

Noun[edit]

folde c

  1. indefinite plural of fold

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

folde

  1. Alternative form of folden

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse falda via Danish folde.

Verb[edit]

folde (imperative fold, present tense folder, passive foldes, simple past and past participle folda or foldet, present participle foldende)

  1. to fold
  2. to clasp (one's hands)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse falda via Danish folde.

Verb[edit]

folde (present tense foldar, past tense folda, past participle folda, passive infinitive foldast, present participle foldande, imperative folde/fold)

  1. to fold
  2. to clasp (one's hands)

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō. Cognate with Old Saxon folda, Old Norse fold.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfol.de/, [ˈfoɫ.de]

Noun[edit]

folde f (nominative plural foldan)

  1. (poetic) land, earth, ground

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: folde, fold