hjald

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hjallr (“scaffold”), from Proto-Germanic *helþaz (“stack, frame”), cognate with Norwegian hjell, Swedish hjälle.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hjald n (singular definite hjaldet, plural indefinite hjald or hjalder)

  1. (archaic) platform
  2. (dated) perch (for hens to sleep on)

Declension[edit]

Declension of hjald
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjald hjaldet hjald
hjalder 		hjaldene
hjalderne
genitive hjalds hjaldets hjalds
hjalders 		hjaldenes
hjaldernes

References[edit]

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