kelda

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”), from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa, Danish kilde. Derived from *kaldaz (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʰɛlta/

Noun

kelda f (genitive singular keldu, plural keldur)

1. spring
2. bog, swamp
3. source
4. (anatomy) fontanelle
5. ice hole

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kelda	keldan	keldur	keldurnar
accusative	keldu	kelduna	keldur	keldurnar
dative	keldu	kelduni	keldum	keldunum
genitive	keldu	keldunnar	kelda	keldanna

Synonyms

• (bog): keksi, díki
• (source): heimild

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”), from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa, Danish kilde. Derived from *kaldaz (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛlta/
• Rhymes: -ɛlta

Noun

kelda f (genitive singular keldu, nominative plural keldur)

1. a bog, a stagnant pit in a swampy ground

   Synonyms: dý, pyttur, fen, veita

Declension

Declension of kelda (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kelda	keldan	keldur	keldurnar
accusative	keldu	kelduna	keldur	keldurnar
dative	keldu	keldunni	keldum	keldunum
genitive	keldu	keldunnar	keldna	keldnanna

Derived terms

• betri er krókur en kelda
• keldudrag
• keldufall
• Kelduhverfi
• Kelduneshreppur
• keldustör
• keldusvín
• ölkelda
• ölkelduvatn

Kristang

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kelder.

Noun

kelda

1. tombstone

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ. Cognate with Old English ċelde.

Noun

kelda f

1. a well, a spring

Derived terms

• Keldhverfingar (those from Kelduhverfi)
• Kelduhverfi
• keldulækr (a stream from a well)
• Keldur
• kelduskítr (synonyms myriskýtr; a snipe, a nickname)
• keldusog (the outlet of a spring or well)
• keldusvín (a hedgehog)
• krjúpa at keldu (confer the Icelandic vatna lömbum)

Descendants

• Icelandic: kelda
• Faroese: kelda
• Norwegian: kjelde
• Swedish: källa
• Danish: kilde
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kilde

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kelda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive