# valda
## Estonian
### Noun

valda
* partitive singular of vald
* illative singular of vald

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvalta/
    Rhymes: -alta

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

#### Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative olli, supine valdið)
* to cause [with dative ‘something’]
* to be able to do, to manage to do [with accusative ‘something’]

##### Conjugation

| Active voice (germynd) | Active voice (germynd) | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Active voice (germynd) | Active voice (germynd) | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | present (nútið) | veld | veldur | veldur | völdum | valdið | valda |
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | past (þátíð) | olli | ollir | olli | ollum | olluð | ollu |
| subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | present (nútið) | valdi | valdir | valdi | völdum | valdið | valdi |
| subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | past (þátíð) | ylli | yllir | ylli | yllum | ylluð | yllu |
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | infinitive (nafnháttur) | valda | valda | valda | valda | valda | valda |
| imperatives (boðhættir) | imperatives (boðhættir) | active (germynd) | active (germynd) | active (germynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) |
| | singular (+ þú) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | plural (+ þið) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| shortened (stýfður) | shortened (stýfður) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar) | past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| supine (sagnbót) | supine (sagnbót) | active (germynd) | active (germynd) | active (germynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) |
| supine (sagnbót) | supine (sagnbót) | valdið | valdið | valdið | — | — | — |

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

valda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdaði, supine valdað)
* (chess) to protect a chess piece

## Karelian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

valda
* might, power

## Latvian
### Verb

valda
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of valdīt
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of valdīt
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of valdīt

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

valda (present tense valdar, past tense valda, past participle valda, passive infinitive valdast, present participle valdande, imperative valda/vald)
* alternative form of valde

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑl.dɑ/

#### Noun

valda n
* definite plural of vald

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

### Verb

valda
* to wield (e.g. a sword) [with dative]
* to rule over
* to cause, be the cause of

#### Related terms

* valdr

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: valda
* Faroese: valda
* Norwegian: valda
* Elfdalian: uolda
* Old Swedish: valda, valla, volda
** Swedish: vålla
* Old Danish: waldæ
** Danish: volde
* Old Gutnish: walda
** Gutnish: valde

### Further reading

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

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* volda, valla

### Etymology

From Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

### Verb

valda
* to rule
* to rid
* to cause

#### Descendants

* Swedish: vålla

## Swedish
### Adjective

valda
* inflection of vald:
** definite singular
** plural

### Anagrams

* dvala