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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Celtic *kolanis (whence Welsh celain, Irish colainn)
Pronunciation
Noun
*huldą n
- corpse, carcass
- Synonym: *līkahamô
Inflection
Declension of *huldą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*huldą
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*huldō
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| vocative
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*huldą
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*huldō
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| accusative
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*huldą
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*huldō
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| genitive
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*huldas, *huldis
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*huldǫ̂
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| dative
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*huldai
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*huldamaz
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| instrumental
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*huldō
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*huldamiz
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Descendants
- Old English: hold
- Proto-Norse: *ᚺᛟᛚᛞᚨ (*holda), *ᚺᚢᛚᛞᚨ (*hulda)
- Old Norse: hold
- Danish: huld
- Icelandic: hold
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hold, hoill (dialectal, "fat"), haall (dialectal, old spelling)
- Old Swedish: huld