kelda
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”). Cognate with middle High German qual and quil (German Quelle); Danish kilde; Swedish källa (“source of a stream of water”). Confer the English well and Northern English keld (“a spring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃʰɛlta/
Noun
kelda f (genitive singular keldu, plural keldur)
- spring
- bog, swamp
- source
- (anatomy) fontanelle
- ice hole
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 |
Synonyms
- (bog): keksi, díki
- (source): heimild
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda (“a well, a spring”). Cognate with middle High German qual and quil (German Quelle); Danish kilde; Swedish källa (“source of a stream of water”). Confer the English well and Northern English keld (“a spring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛlta/
- Rhymes: -ɛlta
Noun
kelda f (genitive singular keldu, nominative plural keldur)
- a bog, a stagnant pit in a swampy ground
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 |
Synonyms
- (a bog): dý, pyttur, fen, veita
Derived terms
Derived terms
- betri er krókur en kelda
- keldudrag
- keldufall
- keldustör
- keldusvín
- ölkelda
- ölkelduvatn
- Kelduhverfi
- Kelduneshreppur
Old Norse
Etymology
Confer the Danish place name Roskilde and Icelandic Hróarskelda.
Noun
kelda f
- a well, a spring
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)
References
- kelda in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press