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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vold.

violence

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɔlˀ/[ˈʋʌlˀ]

  1. violence

    common-gender · no-plural

  2. force

    common-gender · no-plural

  3. assault and battery

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

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

noun/vɔlˀ/[ˈʋʌlˀ]

  1. field, meadow

    archaic · common-gender
Where this word comes from

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

noun/vɔlˀ/[ˈʋʌlˀ]

  1. bank (of earth, sand, etc.)

    common-gender

  2. embankment

    common-gender

  3. rampart, earthwork

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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

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