fjǫld

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *felaldiz from *felu ("fele"; many) + *aldiz (“"multitude"”)

Noun

fjǫld f (genitive fjǫldar, plural fjǫldir)

  1. multitude, great number
    hringa fjǫld
    a multitude of rings

Declension

Declension of fjǫld (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjǫld fjǫldin fjǫldir fjǫldirnar
accusative fjǫld fjǫldina fjǫldir fjǫldirnar
dative fjǫld fjǫldinni fjǫldum fjǫldunum
genitive fjǫldar fjǫldarinnar fjǫlda fjǫldanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fjöld
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjøld; (dialectal) fjåld, fjådd

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “fjǫld” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjöld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 140; also available at the Internet Archive
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