vold

• IPA^(key): /vɔlˀ/, [ˈʋʌlˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɒl

From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *waldą, cognate with Swedish våld, German Gewalt.

vold c (singular definite volden, not used in plural form)

1. violence
2. force

   Coordinate term: magt

3. assault and battery

From Middle Low German wal, from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą, an early borrowing of Latin vallum; cognate with English wall, German Wall.

vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)

1. bank (of earth, sand, etc.)
2. embankment
3. rampart, earthwork

From Old Norse vǫllr, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), cognate with German Wald. Doublet of val.

vold c (singular definite volden, plural indefinite volde)

1. (archaic) field, meadow
   • 1837, B. S. Ingemann, Holger Danskes Vugge [Ogier's Cradle]‎^[1] (poem):

     Ved Leire græsse nu Faar på Vold, | Hvor fordum Kæmperne drukke.

     At Lejre graze now the Sheep upon the Meadow / Whereat would the warriors drink.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vold

1. imperative of volde

• vold on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Vold (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “vold” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vold” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse vald.

vold m (definite singular volden)

1. violence

• vald (Nynorsk)

vold

1. imperative of volde

• “vold” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• vøld

vold f (definite singular volda, uncountable)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of vald

From Norwegian Bokmål vold.

vold m (definite singular volden, uncountable)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of vald (“violence”)

vold

1. (pre-2012) imperative of volda