tjaldr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”).[1] Related to English tilt. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Missing Proto-Germanic link

Noun

tjaldr m (genitive tjalds, plural tjaldar)

  1. oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Declension

Declension of tjaldr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tjaldr tjaldrinn tjaldar tjaldarnir
accusative tjald tjaldinn tjalda tjaldana
dative tjaldi tjaldinum tjǫldum tjǫldunum
genitive tjalds tjaldsins tjalda tjaldanna

Descendants

  • Danish: tjeld c
  • Faroese: tjaldur n
    • → Danish: tjald c (“weed”)
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: tjall n (“weed”)
  • Icelandic: tjaldur m
  • Norn: shalder m (Shetland), chalder, chaldro (Orkney)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjeld m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjeld m

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “193-94”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 193-94

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tjaldr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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