hlǿða

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hlœða

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlōdijaną.

Verb

hlǿða

1. to lade

   hlǿða skip, hest

2. to load [with dative]

   þú munt gulli hlǿða á Grana bógu

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlǿða — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	hlǿða
present participle	hlǿðandi
past participle	hlǿddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hlǿði	hlǿdda
2nd-person singular	hlǿðir	hlǿddir
3rd-person singular	hlǿðir	hlǿddi
1st-person plural	hlǿðum	hlǿddum
2nd-person plural	hlǿðið	hlǿdduð
3rd-person plural	hlǿða	hlǿddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlǿða	hlǿdda
2nd-person singular	hlǿðir	hlǿddir
3rd-person singular	hlǿði	hlǿddi
1st-person plural	hlǿðim	hlǿddim
2nd-person plural	hlǿðið	hlǿddið
3rd-person plural	hlǿði	hlǿddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlǿð, hlǿði
1st-person plural	hlǿðum
2nd-person plural	hlǿðið

Conjugation of hlǿða — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	hlǿðask
present participle	hlǿðandisk
past participle	hlǿzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hlǿðumk	hlǿddumk
2nd-person singular	hlǿðisk	hlǿddisk
3rd-person singular	hlǿðisk	hlǿddisk
1st-person plural	hlǿðumsk	hlǿddumsk
2nd-person plural	hlǿðizk	hlǿdduzk
3rd-person plural	hlǿðask	hlǿddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlǿðumk	hlǿddumk
2nd-person singular	hlǿðisk	hlǿddisk
3rd-person singular	hlǿðisk	hlǿddisk
1st-person plural	hlǿðimsk	hlǿddimsk
2nd-person plural	hlǿðizk	hlǿddizk
3rd-person plural	hlǿðisk	hlǿddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlǿzk, hlǿðisk
1st-person plural	hlǿðumsk
2nd-person plural	hlǿðizk

Related terms

• hlaða (verb)
• hlaða f
• hlaði m

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlæða
• Faroese: løða
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løda, løa, lø
• Norwegian Bokmål: lø
• Old Swedish: lø̄dha

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.)
• “hlǿða” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen