vella

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See also: Vella and vëlla

Catalan

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Adjective

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vella

  1. feminine singular of vell

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vella f sg

  1. feminine singular of vello

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vella, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ, perhaps also partly from a *wellǭ.

Noun

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vella f (genitive singular vellu, nominative plural vellur)

  1. boil, boiling, bubbling
  2. milk that has been boiled until it curdles and forms a reddish thick substance similar to whey cheese
  3. a stifling heat
  4. the sound made by a whimbrel
  5. chatter
  6. flattery
  7. weakling
  8. a small portion (e.g. of coffee)
  9. a minor sickness
  10. (regional) slob
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse vella, from Proto-Germanic *wellaną, *wallaną.

Verb

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vella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vall, third-person plural past indicative ullu, supine ollið)

  1. to bubble, to boil, to simmer
  2. to flow, to well up, to stream
  3. (with preposition í) to be crawling with
  4. to chatter
  5. to make the sound characteristic of the whimbrel
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse vella, from Proto-Germanic *wallijaną.

Verb

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vella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative velldi, supine vellt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to boil, cause to simmer
  2. to make the sound characteristic of the whimbrel (also figuratively in vella graut, literally “boil porridge”)
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Italian

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Verb

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vella

  1. inflection of vellere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vella. Akin to English well.

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Verb

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vella (present tense vell, past tense vall, supine volle, past participle vollen, present participle vellande, imperative vell)

  1. to well, gush, flow (issue forth, as water from the earth)

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

Noun

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vella f

  1. boiling heat, ebullition
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: vella

References

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  • vella”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *wellaną, *wallaną (to well up).

Verb

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vella (singular past indicative vall, plural past indicative ullu, past participle ollinn)

  1. (intransitive) to be in a state of ebullition, boil
  2. to well up, swarm
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References

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  • vella”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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vella

  1. genitive plural of vell

Phuthi

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Verb

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-vélla

  1. to go and check something, to take a look at, to keep an eyeon someone/something

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Portuguese

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Noun

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vella f (plural vellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of vela.

Yola

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Etymology

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The unetymological <-a> /-ә/ was inserted to separate consonants.

Adverb

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vella

  1. Alternative form of waal (well)
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 9:
      Zien, "a blaak vall, a blaak vall, Ich meigh vella knew,
      Saying "a black fall, a black fall——I might well have known,

References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129