fold – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of fold

Noun: fold
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fold
Sg. Def.foldin
Pl. Indef.foldar; foldir
Pl. Def.foldarnar; foldirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.foldar
Sg. Def.foldarinnar
Pl. Indef.folda
Pl. Def.foldanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.fold; foldu
Sg. Def.foldinni
Pl. Indef.foldum
Pl. Def.foldunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.fold
Sg. Def.foldina
Pl. Indef.foldar; foldir
Pl. Def.foldarnar; foldirnar

Sample Sentences

  • Hitt vas fyrr, / at fold ruðu
  • sverðberendr / sínum dróttni.[…] ([…] It happened before, / that the sword-bearers
  • reddened the ground / with [the blood of] their lord. […]) [9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5]
  • […]Hvé sú jǫrð heitir, / er liggr fyr alda sonum
  • heimi hverjum í?
  • 10. Jǫrð heitir með mǫnnum,
  • en með Ásum fold, / kalla vega Vanir.
  • […] How is the earth named, / which lies before the sons of men,
  • in each of the worlds?
  • 10. "Earth" it is named among men, [900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verses 9 and 10]

Nouns inflected like fold

þjóð, fold,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”).

Verbs referencing "fold"

Icelandic Nouns fold, Old English Nouns folde.

Translations