Infinitive
elde
Passive Infinitive
eldast
Alternative Infinitive
elda_,
elda
| Past Participle | eld; elda |
| Present Participle | eldande |
Simple Forms
| Present | elder; eldar |
| Past | elde; elda |
| Imperative | eld; elde |
The verb form is the same for all persons, singular and plural.
Compound Forms
| Present Perfect | har eld; elda |
| Past Perfect | hadde eld; elda |
| Future | vil elde |
| Future Perfect | vil ha eld; elda |
| Conditional | ville elde |
| Conditional Perfect | ville ha eld; elda |
The verb form is the same for all persons, singular and plural.
Verbs conjugated like elde
elde,
Translations
age, transitive: cause to grow old
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 '
old', Danish '
ælde'.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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kan du elde opp i omnen?
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han elda opp krigarane
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eg eldar i halsen
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det eldar for brystet