kelda
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”), from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa, Danish kilde. Derived from *kaldaz (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃʰɛlta/
Noun
kelda f (genitive singular keldu, plural keldur)
Declension
Declension of kelda | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kelda | keldan | keldur | keldurnar |
accusative | keldu | kelduna | keldur | keldurnar |
dative | keldu | kelduni | keldum | keldunum |
genitive | keldu | keldunnar | kelda | keldanna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”), from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa, Danish kilde. Derived from *kaldaz (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛlta/
- Rhymes: -ɛlta
Noun
kelda f (genitive singular keldu, nominative plural keldur)
Declension
declension of kelda
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kelda | keldan | keldur | keldurnar |
accusative | keldu | kelduna | keldur | keldurnar |
dative | keldu | keldunni | keldum | keldunum |
genitive | keldu | keldunnar | keldna | keldnanna |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- betri er krókur en kelda
- keldudrag
- keldufall
- keldustör
- keldusvín
- ölkelda
- ölkelduvatn
- Kelduhverfi
- Kelduneshreppur
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ. Cognate with Old English ċelde.
Derived terms
- keldulækr (a stream from a well)
- kelduskítr (synonyms myriskýtr; a snipe, a nickname)
- keldusog (the outlet of a spring or well)
- keldusvín (a hedgehog)
- Keldur
- Kelduhverfi
- Keldhverfingar (those from Kelduhverfi)
- krjúpa at keldu (confer the Icelandic vatna lömbum)
Descendants
References
- “kelda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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