# elda
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From eldur (“fire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛlta/
    Rhymes: -ɛlta

### Verb

elda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eldaði, supine eldað)
* to cook [intransitive or with accusative]
* to dawn

#### Derived terms

* elda grátt silfur (“to be at loggerheads”)
* elda ofan í (“to cook for someone”)

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English elder.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /elda/

### Noun

elda (plural elda dem, quantified elda)
* elder
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* eldet

### Verb

elda
* inflection of elde:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse elda (“to make old”).

#### Alternative forms

* elde (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

elda (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
* (transitive) to make old, have look old

##### Related terms

* alder
* gamal, gammal, eldre, eldst

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse elda (“to kindle, fire up”).

#### Alternative forms

* elde (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

elda (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elda/eld)
* (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
    kunne du elde opp i omnen?(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (transitive) to heat up
* (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
    han elda opp krigarane(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
* (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
* (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
    eg eldar i halsen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    det eldar for brystet(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

elda f
* definite singular of elde
* definite singular of elde

#### Noun

elda n
* definite plural of elde

### References

* “elda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, lade, leda

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

Related to ellri and ellztr. Goes back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt.

#### Verb

elda
* (transitive) to cause to be or appear old

##### Descendants

* Norwegian Nynorsk: elda, elde (e and split infinitives)
* Norwegian Bokmål: elde
* Danish: ælde

### Etymology 2

From eldr (“fire”).

#### Verb

elda
* to light, kindle a fire
* to kindle, light, set fire to [with accusative]
* (transitive) to heat, warm

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: elda
* Norwegian Nynorsk: elda, elde (e and split infinitives)
* Swedish: elda

#### Noun

elda
* indefinite genitive plural of eldr

### Further reading

* J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on elda.
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “elda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse elda.

### Verb

elda
* to light, kindle a fire
* (transitive, with accusative) to kindle, light, set fire to
* (transitive) to heat, warm

#### Descendants

* Swedish: elda

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish elda or eld (“fire”) +‎ -a.

### Verb

elda (present eldar, preterite eldade, supine eldat, imperative elda)
* (intransitive) to start a fire
* (intransitive) to keep a fire burning
    Vi eldar i öppna spisenWe have a fire going in the fireplace
* (transitive) to burn (as fuel)
    Vi eldar björk i öppna spisenWe burn birchwood in the fireplace
    Vi eldar oljaWe burn oil

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* elda för kråkorna
* eldare
* eldbar
* eldning
* uppelda
* vedelda