fjǫld

Old Norse

Alternative forms

fjǫlð

Etymology

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

Noun

fjǫld f (genitive fjǫldar, plural fjǫldir)

multitude, great number

Declension

Declension of fjǫld (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	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

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjøld; (dialectal) fjåld, fjådd

References

fjöld in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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