dǿld

See also: dold and dæld

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōlidō, related to dalr.

Noun

dǿld f

1. a (little) dale, small valley, recess, depression, hollow, furrow

   Synonym: dœl

Related terms

• dœll
• dœlskr

Descendants

• Icelandic: dæld
• Norwegian Nynorsk: døld

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dœld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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