velta

See also: Velta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛl̥ta/

  Rhymes: -ɛl̥ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from velta, see lemma below.

Noun

velta f (genitive singular veltu, nominative plural veltur)

1. a wallow, roll (instance of rolling)

   Synonym: veltingur

2. turnover (amount of money transacted in a time period)

Declension

Declension of velta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	velta	veltan	veltur	velturnar
accusative	veltu	veltuna	veltur	velturnar
dative	veltu	veltunni	veltum	veltunum
genitive	veltu	veltunnar	velta, veltna	veltanna, veltnanna

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “velta”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Etymology 2

From Old Norse velta, from Proto-Germanic *waltaną. More at welt, walt.

Verb

velta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative valt, third-person plural past indicative ultu, supine oltið)

1. (intransitive) to roll, tumble

Conjugation

velta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að velta
supine sagnbót		oltið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		veltandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	velt	valt		velti	ylti
	þú	veltur	valst		veltir	yltir
	hann, hún, það	veltur	valt		velti	ylti
plural	við	veltum	ultum		veltum	yltum
	þið	veltið	ultuð		veltið	yltuð
	þeir, þær, þau	velta	ultu		velti	yltu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	velt (þú), veltu
plural	þið	veltið (þið), veltiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

oltinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	oltinn	oltin	oltið	oltnir	oltnar	oltin
accusative (þolfall)	oltinn	oltna	oltið	oltna	oltnar	oltin
dative (þágufall)	oltnum	oltinni	oltnu	oltnum	oltnum	oltnum
genitive (eignarfall)	oltins	oltinnar	oltins	oltinna	oltinna	oltinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	oltni	oltna	oltna	oltnu	oltnu	oltnu
accusative (þolfall)	oltna	oltnu	oltna	oltnu	oltnu	oltnu
dative (þágufall)	oltna	oltnu	oltna	oltnu	oltnu	oltnu
genitive (eignarfall)	oltna	oltnu	oltna	oltnu	oltnu	oltnu

Etymology 3

Causative of velta (“to roll, tumble”), see lemma above. From Old Norse velta, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną. More at walt.

Verb

velta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative velti, supine velt)

1. (transitive) to roll

   Synonym: rúlla

2. (transitive) to topple

   Synonym: detta um koll

3. (transitive) to overturn, to upset

   Synonym: hvolfa

4. (transitive) to trundle

   Synonyms: rúlla, keyra

Conjugation

velta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að velta
supine sagnbót		velt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		veltandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	velti	velti		velti	velti
	þú	veltir	veltir		veltir	veltir
	hann, hún, það	veltir	velti		velti	velti
plural	við	veltum	veltum		veltum	veltum
	þið	veltið	veltuð		veltið	veltuð
	þeir, þær, þau	velta	veltu		velti	veltu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	velt (þú), veltu
plural	þið	veltið (þið), veltiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

veltast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að veltast
supine sagnbót		velst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		veltandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	veltist	veltist		veltist	veltist
	þú	veltist	veltist		veltist	veltist
	hann, hún, það	veltist	veltist		veltist	veltist
plural	við	veltumst	veltumst		veltumst	veltumst
	þið	veltist	veltust		veltist	veltust
	þeir, þær, þau	veltast	veltust		veltist	veltust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	velst (þú), velstu
plural	þið	veltist (þið), veltisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• velta upp úr

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• veltet

Verb

velta

1. inflection of velte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• velte (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse velta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛltɑ/

Verb

velta (present tense veltar or velter, past tense velta or velte, past participle velta or velt, present participle veltande, imperative velt)

1. (intransitive) to fall over, topple
2. (transitive) to cause to fall over, topple

Verb

velta (present tense velt, past tense valt, supine volte, past participle volten, present participle veltande, imperative velt)

1. (intransitive) to fall over

   Synonym: bikka

Further reading

• “velta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *waltaną.

Verb

velta (singular past indicative valt, plural past indicative ultu, past participle oltinn)

1. (intransitive) to roll over, to tumble over

Conjugation

Conjugation of velta — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	velta
present participle	veltandi
past participle	oltinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	velt	valt		velta	ylta
2nd person singular	veltr	valzt		veltir	yltir
3rd person singular	veltr	valt		velti	ylti
1st person plural	veltum	ultum		veltim	yltim
2nd person plural	veltið	ultuð		veltið	yltið
3rd person plural	velta	ultu		velti	ylti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	velt
1st person plural	veltum
2nd person plural	veltið

Conjugation of velta — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	veltask
present participle	veltandisk
past participle	oltizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	veltumk	ultumk		veltumk	yltumk
2nd person singular	velzk	valzk		veltisk	yltisk
3rd person singular	velzk	valzk		veltisk	yltisk
1st person plural	veltumsk	ultumsk		veltimsk	yltimsk
2nd person plural	veltizk	ultuzk		veltizk	yltizk
3rd person plural	veltask	ultusk		veltisk	yltisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	velzk
1st person plural	veltumsk
2nd person plural	veltizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: velta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: velta, velte
• Norwegian Bokmål: velte
• Old Swedish: vælta
  • Swedish: välta

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, causative of *waltaną.

Verb

velta (singular past indicative velti, plural past indicative veltu, past participle veltr)

1. to roll, set rolling [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of velta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	velta
present participle	veltandi
past participle	veltr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	velti	velta		velta	velta
2nd person singular	veltir	veltir		veltir	veltir
3rd person singular	veltir	velti		velti	velti
1st person plural	veltum	veltum		veltim	veltim
2nd person plural	veltið	veltuð		veltið	veltið
3rd person plural	velta	veltu		velti	velti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	velt, velti
1st person plural	veltum
2nd person plural	veltið

Conjugation of velta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	veltask
present participle	veltandisk
past participle	velzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	veltumk	veltumk		veltumk	veltumk
2nd person singular	veltisk	veltisk		veltisk	veltisk
3rd person singular	veltisk	veltisk		veltisk	veltisk
1st person plural	veltumsk	veltumsk		veltimsk	veltimsk
2nd person plural	veltizk	veltuzk		veltizk	veltizk
3rd person plural	veltask	veltusk		veltisk	veltisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	velzk, veltisk
1st person plural	veltumsk
2nd person plural	veltizk

Derived terms

• veltiligr
• velting

Descendants

• Icelandic: velta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: velta, velte
• Norwegian Bokmål: velte
• Old Swedish: vælta
  • Swedish: välta
• Danish: vælte

Further reading

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