dæla

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dæla (a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves), from Proto-Germanic *dalą (valley). Cognate with both senses of English dale.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dæla f (genitive singular dælu, nominative plural dælur)

  1. pump

Declension

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    Declension of dæla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dæla dælan dælur dælurnar
accusative dælu dæluna dælur dælurnar
dative dælu dælunni dælum dælunum
genitive dælu dælunnar dæla/dælna dælanna/dælnanna

Verb

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dæla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dældi, supine dælt)

  1. to pump

Conjugation

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Old English

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Noun

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dǣla

  1. genitive plural of dǣl