lodde

See also: lödde

English

Noun

lodde (plural loddes)

  1. (obsolete) A fish, the capelin.
    • 1813, Leopold von Buch (Freiherr), Travels through Norway and Lapland
      We were actually told that when the lodde enters from the sea, the fishermen smell them at a distance of ten English miles, and immediately set off in their boats in quest of them.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lodde in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔdə/, [ˈlʌðə]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian lodde. Compare Old Norse loðna (“capelin”).

Noun

lodde c (singular definite lodden, plural indefinite lodder)

  1. capelin, Mallotus villosus
Inflection
Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lōden.

Verb

lodde (imperative lod, infinitive at lodde, present tense lodder, past tense loddede, perfect tense er/har loddet)

  1. sound (to probe)
  2. plumb
  3. gauge, test
  4. fathom
  5. solder (to join with solder)

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lontē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta.

Noun

lodde

  1. bird

Inflection

Inflection of lodde
singular plural
Nominative lodde lodeh
Accusative lode luudijd
Genitive lode ludij
luudij
Illative loodán luddijd
Locative loddeest luudijn
Comitative luddijn ludijguin
Abessive lodettáá ludijttáá
Essive lodden —
Partitive lodded —

Further reading

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