fjǫld

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• fjǫlð

Etymology

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

Noun

fjǫld f (genitive fjǫldar, plural fjǫldir)

1. multitude, great number

   hringa fjǫld

   a multitude of rings

Declension

Declension of fjǫld (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫld	fjǫldin	jǫlfdir	jǫlfdirnar
accusative	fjǫld	fjǫldina	jǫlfdir	jǫlfdirnar
dative	fjǫld	fjǫldinni	fjǫldum	fjǫldunum
genitive	jǫlfdar	jǫlfdarinnar	jǫlfda	jǫlfdanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjöld
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjøld; (dialectal) fjåld, fjådd

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “fjǫld” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjöld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 140; also available at the Internet Archive