vold

See also: Vold

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔl/, [vʌlˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald.

Noun

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

  1. violence
  2. force
  3. assault and battery

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

Noun

vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)

  1. bank
  2. embankment
  3. rampart, earthwork
Inflection

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”).

Noun

vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)

  1. (archaic) field, meadow
Inflection

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald

Noun

vold m (definite singular volden)

  1. violence
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

vold

  1. imperative of volde

References

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