elde

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See also: Elde and əldə

Fula

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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elde

  1. (Pulaar) to cut, slice (wood)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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elde

  1. (Pulaar) to disdain, dislike
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References

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  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (age). More at eld.

Noun

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elde

  1. age, span of years
  2. era, epoch
  3. period

Descendants

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  • English: eld
  • Scots: eild

Middle Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.

Verb

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elde

  1. (intransitive) to grow old

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse elda.

Verb

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elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)

  1. to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Related to alder (age) and eldre (older, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow).

Alternative forms

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  • elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
  • elda (verb, with a infinitive)

Noun

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elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

  1. old age, oldness

Verb

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elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)

  1. (transitive) to make old, have look old

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Etymology 2

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Derived from eld (fire), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.

Alternative forms

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  • elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
  • elda (verb, with a infinitive)

Noun

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elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

  1. the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
  2. firewood (or other material set for burning)
    Synonym: brensel

Verb

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elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)

  1. (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
    kan du elde opp i omnen?
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  2. (transitive) to heat up
  3. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
    han elda opp krigarane
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  4. (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
  5. (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
  6. (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
    eg eldar i halsen
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    det eldar for brystet
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (to foster, breed), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (grow).

Noun

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elde n (definite singular eldet, indefinite plural elde, definite plural elda)

  1. rearing, breeding of animals
  2. offspring
  3. stock, lineage
    han er av godt elde
    he is of good stock
  4. breeding animal
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Anagrams

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈel.de/, [ˈeɫ.de]

Noun

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elde m pl (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of ielde

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