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velja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

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velja (third person singular past indicative valdi, third person plural past indicative valdu, supine valt)

  1. to choose
  2. to elect

Conjugation

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Conjugation of velja (group v-18)
infinitive velja
supine valt
participle (a7)1 veljandi valdur
present past
first singular velji valdi
second singular velur valdi
third singular velur valdi
plural velja valdu
imperative
singular vel!
plural veljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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velja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdi, supine valið)

  1. to choose, to select
    Synonym: kjósa

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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velja (present tense vel, past tense valde, past participle valt, passive infinitive veljast, present participle veljande, imperative vel)

  1. choose, pick
    Kva for ein vel du?
    Which one do you choose?
  2. elect
    Om hausten valde dei eit nytt parlament.
    In the autumn, they elected a new parliament.

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *waljaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-.

Verb

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velja (singular past indicative valdi, plural past indicative vǫldu, past participle valdr or valiðr or valinn)

  1. to choose, to select
    Synonym: kjósa

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: velja
  • Faroese: velja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velja
  • Old Swedish: vælia
  • Old Danish: wæliæ
  • Elfdalian: wela
  • Gutnish: väle
  • Scanian: vælla
  • Ostrobothnian: väli, välg

References

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  • velja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press