Old English · noun
folde
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfol.de/[ˈfoɫ.de]
- Syllables
- ˈfol · de (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- landfoldearth
Meaning
-
land, earth, ground
ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.
His path of exile holds in no way twisted gold; his cold body in no way earth's glory.
Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō. Cognate with Old Saxon folda, Old Norse fold.
Descendants
fold
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