tjæld

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tjald (“curtain”), from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tjeld (“curtain, tent”), Swedish tjäll (“hut”), and German Zelt (“tent”). The modern Danish word telt was borrowed from Low German (like English tilt and Swedish tält (“tent”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɕɛlˀ]

Noun

tjæld n (singular definite tjældet, plural indefinite tjæld)

1. (obsolete) a canvas, carpet
2. (archaic) a tent
3. (poetic) a cover

Inflection

Declension of tjæld

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjæld	tjældet	tjæld	tjældene
genitive	tjælds	tjældets	tjælds	tjældenes

References

• “Tjæld,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog