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vald

vald

See also: väld and våld

Estonian

Noun

vald (genitive valla, partitive valda)

  1. parish, municipality

Declension

Derived terms

  • valdkond

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

vald n (genitive singular valds, uncountable)

  1. power, authority

Declension

n5s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative vald valdið
Accusative vald valdið
Dative valdi valdinum
Genitive valds valdsins

Derived terms


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /valt/
  • Rhymes: -alt

Noun

vald n (genitive singular valds, nominative plural völd)

  1. (also in the plural) power, authority syn.
  2. authority, power syn.
    • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
      Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.
      A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
    • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
      Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
      I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
  3. force, violence syn.
    Með valdi.
    With force.
  4. (in the plural) a cause
    Hún dó af þínum völdum.
    She died because of you.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą

Noun

vald m (definite singular valden, uncountable)
vald n (definite singular valdet, uncountable)

  1. violence
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

vald

  1. masculine and feminine past participle of velja and velje

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Swedish

Etymology

past participle of välja.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vald

  1. elected, chosen

Declension

Inflection of vald
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vald
Neuter singular valt
Plural valda
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 valde
All valda
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • bortvald
  • invald
  • nyvald
  • omvald
  • utvald

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta, from Proto-Germanic *waldą

Noun

vald

  1. power, authority
  2. regime, government
  3. freedom, liberty
  4. space, room

Inflection

Inflection of vald
nominative sing. vald
genitive sing. valdan
partitive sing. valdad
partitive plur. valdoid
singular plural
nominative vald valdad
accusative valdan valdad
genitive valdan valdoiden
partitive valdad valdoid
essive-instructive valdan valdoin
translative valdaks valdoikš
inessive valdas valdoiš
elative valdaspäi valdoišpäi
illative ? valdoihe
adessive valdal valdoil
ablative valdalpäi valdoilpäi
allative valdale valdoile
abessive valdata valdoita
comitative valdanke valdoidenke
prolative valdadme valdoidme
approximative I valdanno valdoidenno
approximative II valdannoks valdoidennoks
egressive valdannopäi valdoidennopäi
terminative I ? valdoihesai
terminative II valdalesai valdoilesai
terminative III valdassai
additive I ? valdoihepäi
additive II valdalepäi valdoilepäi

Derived terms

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