kelda
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”). Cognate with middle High German qual and quil (German Quelle); Danish kilde; Swedish källa (“source of a stream of water”). Confer the English well and Northern English keld (“a spring”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kelda f (genitive singular keldu, plural keldur)
Declension
Declension of kelda | ||||
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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
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”). Cognate with middle High German qual and quil (German Quelle); Danish kilde; Swedish källa (“source of a stream of water”). Confer the English well and Northern English keld (“a spring”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kelda f (genitive singular keldu, nominative plural keldur)
Declension
declension of kelda
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
Confer the Danish place name Roskilde and Icelandic Hróarskelda.
Noun
kelda f
Derived terms
- keldulækr (a stream from a well)
- kelduskítr (synonyms myriskýtr; a snipe, a nickname)
- keldusog (the outlet of a spring or well)
- keldusvín (a hedgehog)
- Keldur
- Kelduhverfi
- Keldhverfingar (those from Kelduhverfi)
- krjúpa at keldu (confer the Icelandic vatna lömbum)
References
- “kelda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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