velta

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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velta f (genitive singular veltu, nominative plural veltur)

  1. a wallow, roll (instance of rolling)
  2. turnover (amount of money transacted in a time period)

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to roll, tumble

Conjugation

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to roll
  2. (transitive) to topple
  3. (transitive) to overturn, to upset
  4. (transitive) to trundle

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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velta

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • velte (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

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From Old Norse velta.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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

  1. (intransitive) to fall over

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *waltaną.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to roll over, to tumble over
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: velta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velta, velte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velte
  • Old Swedish: vælta

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, with dative) to roll, set rolling
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References

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