folde

• IPA^(key): /fɔlə/, [ˈfʌlə]

From Old Norse falda, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”).

folde (imperative fold, infinitive at folde, present tense folder, past tense foldede, perfect tense er/har foldet)

1. to fold

• “folde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “folde,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See fold (“fold, pen”).

folde c

1. indefinite plural of fold

folde

1. alternative form of folden

From Old Norse falda via Danish folde.

folde (imperative fold, present tense folder, passive foldes, simple past and past participle folda or foldet, present participle foldende)

1. to fold
2. to clasp (one's hands)

• “folde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “folde_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse falda via Danish folde.

folde (present tense foldar, past tense folda, past participle folda, passive infinitive foldast, present participle foldande, imperative folde/fold)

1. to fold
2. to clasp (one's hands)

• folda

• falde, falda

• “folde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō. Cognate with Old Saxon folda, Old Norse fold.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfol.de/, [ˈfoɫ.de]

folde f (nominative plural foldan)

1. (poetic) land, earth, ground
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,
     ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.

     His path of exile holds in no way twisted gold;
     his cold body in no way earth's glory.

• In compounds, this noun takes the form fold-, losing the final -e.

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• foldbūend
• foldweg

• Middle English: folde, fold
  • English: fold
  • Scots: fold