ölkelda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ölkelda (“an ale well”), from öl (“ale”) + kelda (“spring, well”).

Noun

ölkelda f (genitive singular ölkeldu, nominative plural ölkeldur)

1. the name of Icelandic mineral wells, a spring which flows with cold water which appears to be boiling due to the carbonic acid

Declension

Declension of ölkelda (feminine, based on kelda)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ölkelda	ölkeldan	ölkeldur	ölkeldurnar
accusative	ölkeldu	ölkelduna	ölkeldur	ölkeldurnar
dative	ölkeldu	ölkeldunni	ölkeldum	ölkeldunum
genitive	ölkeldu	ölkeldunnar	ölkeldna	ölkeldnanna

Derived terms

• ölkelduvatn

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “ölkelda”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies