kaldr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, whence also Old English cald, Old Frisian kald, Old Saxon kald, Old High German kalt, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Adjective

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kaldr

  1. cold

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kaldur
  • Faroese: kaldur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kald; (dialectal) kald’u, kald’e
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kald
  • Elfdalian: kold
  • Old Swedish: kalder, kaller
  • Old Danish: kald
    • Danish: kold
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kold (Riksmål)
  • Gutnish: kaldar

References

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