vald

From Proto-Finnic *valta, from Proto-Germanic *waldą. Cognate to Finnish valta and Swedish våld.

vald (genitive valla, partitive valda)

1. parish, municipality

• maavald (“Estonia”), valdkond (“field”)

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

vald n (genitive singular valds, uncountable)

1. power, authority

• valdmikil

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

• IPA^(key): /valt/
• Rhymes: -alt

vald n (genitive singular valds, nominative plural völd)

1. (also in the plural) power, authority
2. authority, power
   • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)

     Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.

     A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

3. force, violence

   Með valdi.

   With force.

4. (in the plural) a cause

   Hún dó af þínum völdum.

   She died because of you.

• (power): máttur
• (authority): forræði
• (violence): ofbeldi

From Proto-Finnic *valta.

vald

1. might

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

• IPA^(key): /val(d)/, [ʋɐ̞ld], [ʋɐ̞lː]

vald n (definite singular valdet, indefinite plural vald, definite plural valda)

1. might, power, authority

   Synonyms: makt, rådvelde, herredøme

2. (uncountable) violence
3. land, property

• valdtaka
• valdshandling

Male given names:

Female given names:

vald m (definite singular valden, uncountable)

1. violence

vald

1. past participle of velja

• “vald” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “vald” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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vald

1. past participle of välja

vald

1. elected, chosen

• bortvald
• invald
• nyvald
• omvald
• utvald

From Proto-Finnic *valta, from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

vald

1. power, authority
2. regime, government
3. freedom, liberty
4. space, room

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “власть, воля, простор, раздолье, режим, свобода”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika