vella

vella

1. feminine singular of vell

vella f sg

1. feminine singular of vello

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtla/

  Rhymes: -ɛtla

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

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

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

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

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

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”)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

• velle

From Old Norse vella. Akin to English well.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛlːɑ/

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

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

• “vella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

vella f

1. boiling heat, ebullition

• Icelandic: vella

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

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

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

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

vella

1. genitive plural of vell

-vélla

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

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vella f (plural vellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of vela