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

Derived terms

• valdmikil

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.

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (power): ^def. máttur
• (authority): ^def. forræði
• (violence): ^def. ofbeldi

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

• valdshandling

See also

• vold (Bokmål)

Etymology 2

Verb

vald

1. masculine and feminine past participle of velja and velje

References

• “vald” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of välja.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vald

1. elected, chosen

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “власть, воля, простор, раздолье, режим, свобода”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika