eldsvåda
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish elds vadhe, equivalent to eld + -s- + våda (the -a at the end coming from the oblique cases of earlier våde). Originally in the sense "danger of fire". Cognate with Danish ildsvåde, Icelandic eldsváði.
Noun
editeldsvåda c
- destructive fire, such as a house burning
Declension
editDeclension of eldsvåda
See also
editReferences
edit- eldsvåda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- eldsvåda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- eldsvåda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- eldsvåda in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- elds vadhe in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L