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Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse hold (“flesh”).
Noun
[edit]huld n (singular definite huldet, not used in plural form)
- flesh (as a result of a certain state of nutrition)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse hollr. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs, “clement”) and Old High German hold ( > German hold). More at hold.
Adjective
[edit]huld
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of huld | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | huld | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | huldt | — | —2 |
| Plural | hulde | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | hulde | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hollr, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs), Icelandic hollur.
Adjective
[edit]huld
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of huld | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | huld | huldare | huldast |
| Neuter singular | hult | huldare | huldast |
| Plural | hulda | huldare | huldast |
| Masculine plural3 | hulde | huldare | huldast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hulde | huldare | huldaste |
| All | hulda | huldare | huldaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||