valda

See also: Valda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvalta/
    Rhymes: -alta

Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative olli, supine valdið)

  1. to cause
  2. to protect a chess piece — in which case it is conjugated like kalla

Conjugation

Latvian

Verb

valda

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of valdīt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of valdīt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of valdīt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of valdīt

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. (transitive, with dative) to wield (e.g. a sword)
  2. to rule over
  3. to cause, be the cause of

Conjugation

Conjugation of valda — mediopassive (irregular, strong)
infinitive valdask
present participle valdandisk
past participle valdizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular vǫldumk ollumk
2nd-person singular velzk ollisk
3rd-person singular velzk ollisk
1st-person plural vǫldumsk ollumsk
2nd-person plural valdizk olluzk
3rd-person plural valdisk ollusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular vǫldumk yllumk
2nd-person singular valdisk yllisk
3rd-person singular valdisk yllisk
1st-person plural valdimsk yllimsk
2nd-person plural valdizk yllizk
3rd-person plural valdisk yllisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular valzk
1st-person plural vǫldumsk
2nd-person plural valdizk

Descendants

References

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

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Verb

valda

  1. to rule
  2. to rid
  3. to cause

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Adjective

valda

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vald.
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