vold

See also: Vold

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔlˀ/, [ˈʋʌlˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą, cognate with Swedish våld, German Gewalt.

Noun

vold c (singular definite volden, not used in plural form)

1. violence
2. force
3. assault and battery

Declension

Declension of vold

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vold	volden	-	voldene
genitive	volds	voldens	-s	voldenes

Related terms

• voldføre
• voldgive
• voldsom
• voldtage
• voldtægt

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wal, from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą, cognate with English wall, German Wall. An early loan from Latin vallum.

Noun

vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)

1. bank
2. embankment
3. rampart, earthwork

Declension

Declension of vold

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vold	volden	volde	voldene
genitive	volds	voldens	voldes	voldenes

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), cognate with German Wald. Doublet of val.

Noun

vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)

1. (archaic) field, meadow
   • 1837, B.S. Ingemann, Holger Danskes Vugge / https://kalliope.org/da/text/ingemann1837ha2:

     Ved Leire græsse nu Faar på Vold, | Hvor fordum Kæmperne drukke.

     At Lejre, the sheep now graze on the meadow where the warriors used to drink.

Declension

Declension of vold

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vold	volden	volde	voldene
genitive	volds	voldens	voldes	voldenes

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vold

1. imperative of volde

Further reading

• vold on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Vold (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald.

Noun

vold m (definite singular volden)

1. violence

Derived terms

• voldelig
• voldshandling
• voldsom
• voldssirkel
• voldta
• voldtekt

 

See also

• vald (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

vold

1. imperative of volde

References

• “vold” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• vøld

Noun

vold f (definite singular volda, uncountable)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of vald

Etymology 2

From Norwegian Bokmål vold.

Noun

vold m (definite singular volden, uncountable)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of vald (“violence”)

Etymology 3

Verb

vold

1. (pre-2012) imperative of volda

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English fold, from Old English fald, falæd, falod, from Proto-West Germanic *falud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːɫd/

Noun

vold

1. A pen for domesticated animals.
   • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:

     Aar's neer a vear o aam to be drine-vold.

     There is no fear of them to fall into a dry furrow or trench.

Derived terms

• drine-vold

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 111