elde – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms of elde

Noun: elde
Gender: Feminine, Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.elde
Pl.elder; elde

Definite

Sg.elda; eldet
Pl.eldene; elda

Sample Sentences

  • han er av godt elde (he is of good stock)

Nouns inflected like elde

eiste, fløde, greie, legde, følge, hygge, hue, hengsle, fylgje, kjevle, øyde, eige, elde, lære, bøle, leie, nyre, okle, sæte,

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”).
2. * (noun): From Danish ælde, from with Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄.
3. * (verb): From Old Norse elda. See: English Nouns 'old', German Nouns 'alt', Danish Nouns 'ælde', Old Norse Nouns 'elli', Old Norse Nouns 'elda'.

Translations

  • age, transitive: cause to grow old