välla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish vælla.
Verb
[edit]välla (present väller, preterite vällde, supine vällt, imperative väll)
- (sometimes with a particle like fram (“forth”), in (“in”), or ut (“out”)) to flow in great quantities (of liquid, gas, or figuratively of for example people); to gush, to pour, to well, to billow
- Blodet vällde ut ur drakens sår
- Blood gushed out of the dragon's wound
- Tjock rök vällde fram ur skorstenen
- Thick smoke billowed out of the chimney
- Folk vällde in i butiken
- People poured into the store
- (sometimes with a particle like ihop (“together”)) to forge weld, to fire weld
- to heat (metal, when forging)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | välla | vällas | ||
| supine | vällt | vällts | ||
| imperative | väll | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | vällen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | väller | vällde | välls, välles | välldes |
| ind. plural1 | välla | vällde | vällas | välldes |
| subjunctive2 | välle | vällde | välles | välldes |
| present participle | vällande | |||
| past participle | välld | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “välla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “välla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “välla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)