volde

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔlə/, [ˈʋʌlə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse valda (“to wield, rule, cause”), from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”), cognate with Swedish vålla (“to cause”), German walten (“to rule, exercise”). Doublet of valte.

Verb

volde (past tense voldte, past participle voldt or voldet)

  1. to wreak; cause (something bad)
    volde vanskeligheder, problemer, (stor) skade, nogens død
    cause difficulties, problems, (great) harm, someone's death
Conjugation
Inflection of volde
present past
simple volder voldte
perfect har voldt or voldet havde voldt or voldet
passive voldes voldtes
participle voldende voldt or voldet
imperative vold —
infinitive volde —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund volden —

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volde c

  1. indefinite plural of vold

Middle English

Verb

volde

  1. Alternative form of folden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse valda.

Verb

volde (imperative vold, present tense volder, passive voldes, simple past voldte, past participle voldt, present participle voldende)

  1. to cause, be the cause of (something)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

volde (present tense voldar, past tense volda, past participle volda, passive infinitive voldast, present participle voldande, imperative volde/vold)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of valde
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