elde
Fula
Related terms
- elal
Related terms
- elko
- eloowo
References
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age”). More at eld.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)
- to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)
References
- “elde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
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”).
Verb
elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
Etymology 2
Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.
Verb
elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)
- (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
- kan du elde opp i omnen?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive) to heat up
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
- han elda opp krigarane
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
- (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
- (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
- eg eldar i halsen
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- det eldar for brystet
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 3
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”).
Synonyms
References
- “elde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.
Verb
elde (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle eldyng, simple past eldit, past participle eldit)
- (Middle Scots, intransitive) to grow old
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) elde | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | elde | eldit |
2nd person singular | eldis | eldit |
3rd person singular | eldis | eldit |
¹ plural | elde | eldit |
imperative | present | — |
singular | elde (þow)! | |
¹ plural | elde (ȝe)! | |
participle | present | past |
eldand | eldit | |
Note: When not immediately preceded or followed by a pronoun, a verb in the present tense takes the -is inflection, in any person and number. See Northern Subject Rule.
¹ Commonly used as a formal 2nd-person singular. |