valda

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See also: Valda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative olli, supine valdið)

  1. to cause
  2. to protect a chess piece — in which case it is conjugated like kalla

Conjugation


Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish valta

Noun

valda

  1. might, power

Latvian

Verb

valda

  1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of valdīt
  2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of valdīt
  3. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of valdīt
  4. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of valdīt

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. (transitive, with dative) to wield (e.g. a sword)
  2. to rule over
  3. to cause, be the cause of

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Gutnish: valde
  • Old Danish: waldæ
  • Old Swedish: valda, valla, volda

References

  • valda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. to rule
  2. to rid
  3. to cause

Conjugation

Descendants


Swedish

Adjective

valda

  1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of vald:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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