verǫld

See also: veröld

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, equivalent to verr (“man”) +‎ ǫld (“age”). Compare Old Saxon werold, Old English weorold, West Frisian warld and Old High German weralt.

Noun

verǫld f (genitive veraldar)

1. the earth; the world
2. the age of man, life on earth
3. (in the plural) ages, eternity

Declension

Declension of verǫld (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verǫld	verǫldin	veraldir	veraldirnar
accusative	verǫld	verǫldina	veraldir	veraldirnar
dative	verǫld	verǫldinni	verǫldum	verǫldunum
genitive	veraldar	veraldarinnar	veralda	veraldanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: veröld
• Faroese: verøld, vørild, verð
• Norn: vrildan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verd f
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: verd m or f
• Elfdalian: wärd
• Old Swedish: væruld, værald, værild, værld
  • Swedish: värld
• Old Danish: wæræld
  • Danish: verden
    • Norwegian Bokmål: verden m
  • Scanian: værlð
• Gutnish: värd