lodde

See also: Lodde, lödde, and lødde

English

Noun

lodde (plural loddes)

1. (obsolete) the capelin (fish).
   • 1813, Leopold von Buch (Freiherr), Travels through Norway and Lapland

     We were actually told that when the lodde enters from the sea, the fishermen smell them at a distance of ten English miles, and immediately set off in their boats in quest of them.

References

• “lodde”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• doled

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔdə/, [ˈlʌðə]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian lodde. Compare Old Norse loðna (“capelin”).

Noun

lodde c (singular definite lodden, plural indefinite lodder)

1. capelin, Mallotus villosus

Inflection

Declension of lodde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lodde	lodden	lodder	lodderne
genitive	loddes	loddens	lodders	loddernes

Further reading

• lodde on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lōden.

Verb

lodde (imperative lod, infinitive at lodde, present tense lodder, past tense loddede, perfect tense er/har loddet)

1. sound (to probe)
2. plumb
3. gauge, test
4. fathom
5. solder (to join with solder)

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lontē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta.

Noun

lodde

1. bird

Inflection

Even e-stem, dˈd-d gradation
Nominative	lodde
Genitive	lode
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lodde	lodeh
Accusative	lode	luudijd
Genitive	lode	ludij luudij
Illative	loodán	luddijd
Locative	loddeest	luudijn
Comitative	luddijn	ludijguin
Abessive	lodettáá	ludijttáá
Essive	lodden
Partitive	lodded
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse loðna

Noun

lodde f or m (definite singular lodda or lodden, indefinite plural lodder, definite plural loddene)

1. capelin, Mallotus villosus

Further reading

• lodde on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lōden.

Verb

lodde (imperative lodd, present tense lodder, simple past and past participle lodda or loddet, present participle loddende)

1. sound (to probe)
2. gauge, test
3. fathom
4. solder (to join with solder)