dæld

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk dæld and Swedish däld.

• IPA^(key): /tailt/
• Rhymes: -ailt

dæld f (genitive singular dældar, nominative plural dældir)

1. hollow, depression

   Synonyms: lægð, laut

   • 1862, J. Árnason, G. Vigfússon, Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri:

     […] úr þessari dæld er sagt að munkarnir úr klaustrinu hafi þvegið sér.

     […] it is said that the monks from the cloister did wash themselves (with rain water) out of this hollow (in a stone)

2. dell, dale

   Synonym: kvos

3. dent, indentation

   Synonym: beygla

• dæla

dæld f (definite singular dælda or dældi, indefinite plural dælder, definite plural dældene)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of deld