vald

See also: väld and våld

Estonian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Germanic *waldą. Cognate to Finnish valta and Swedish våld.

Noun

vald (genitive valla, partitive valda)

1. parish, municipality

Derived terms

• valdkond

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

vald n (genitive singular valds, uncountable)

1. power, authority

Declension

Declension of vald (singular only)
n5s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vald	valdið
accusative	vald	valdið
dative	valdi	valdinum
genitive	valds	valdsins

Derived terms

• valdmikil

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valt/
• Rhymes: -alt

Noun

vald n (genitive singular valds, nominative plural völd)

1. (also in the plural) power, authorityTemplate:jump
2. authority, powerTemplate:jump
   • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)

     Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.

     A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

3. force, violenceTemplate:jump

   Með valdi.

   With force.

4. (in the plural) a cause

   Hún dó af þínum völdum.

   She died because of you.

Synonyms

• Template:jump máttur
• Template:jump forræði
• Template:jump ofbeldi

Derived terms

• af völdum
• á valdi, vera á valdi
• hafa vald til
• heimsvaldastefna
• komast til valda
• taka með valdi
• upp úr öllu valdi

 

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Ludian

Etymology

From .

Noun

vald

1. might

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑld/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą

Noun

vald m (definite singular valden, uncountable)
vald n (definite singular valdet, uncountable)

1. violence

Derived terms

• valdshandling

See also

• vold (Bokmål)

Etymology 2

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) masculine and feminine past participle of velja

References

• “vald” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) past participle of välja

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

vald

1. elected, chosen

Declension

Inflection of vald
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vald	—	—
Neuter singular	valt	—	—
Plural	valda	—	—
Masculine plural3	valde	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	valde	—	—
All	valda	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• bortvald
• invald
• nyvald
• omvald
• utvald

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Veps

Etymology

From , from Proto-Germanic *waldą

Noun

vald

1. power, authority
2. regime, government
3. freedom, liberty
4. space, room

Derived terms

• arvvald
• ičevald
• naižvald
• nägivald
• rahvahanvald
• valdankumaiduz
• valdannavedii
• valdanpidäi
• valdhonuz
• valdištim
• valdkirjeine
• valdkund
• valdmeri
• valdmez'
• valdoiktuz'

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “власть, воля, простор, раздолье, режим, свобода”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika