folde

• IPA^(key): /fɔlə/, [ˈfʌlə]

From Old Norse falda, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”).

folde (imperative fold, infinitive at folde, present tense folder, past tense foldede, perfect tense er/har foldet)

1. to fold

• “folde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “folde,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

See fold (“fold, pen”).

folde c

1. indefinite plural of fold

From Old Norse falda via Danish folde

folde (imperative fold, present tense folder, passive foldes, simple past and past participle folda or foldet, present participle foldende)

1. to fold
2. to clasp (one's hands)

• “folde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “folde_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse falda via Danish folde

folde (present tense foldar, past tense folda, past participle folda, passive infinitive foldast, present participle foldande, imperative fold/folde)

1. to fold
2. to clasp (one's hands)

• folda

• falde, falda

• “folde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō. Cognate with Old Saxon folda, Old Norse fold.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfolde/, [ˈfoɫde]

folde f (nominative plural foldan)

1. (poetic) land, earth, ground

• foldbūend

• Middle English: folde, fold
  • Scots: fold