velta

From Old Norse velta, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną. More at welt, walt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛl̥ta/

  Rhymes: -ɛl̥ta

velta f (genitive singular veltu, nominative plural veltur)

1. a wallow, roll (instance of rolling)
2. turnover (amount of money transacted in a time period)

• (wallow): veltingur

velta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative valt, third-person plural past indicative ultu, supine oltið)

1. (intransitive) to roll, tumble

velta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative velti, supine velt)

1. (transitive) to roll
2. (transitive) to topple
3. (transitive) to overturn, to upset
4. (transitive) to trundle

• (to roll): rúlla
• (to topple): detta um koll
• (to overturn): hvolfa
• (to trundle): rúlla, keyra

• velta upp úr

• veltet

velta

1. simple past of velte
2. past participle of velte

• velte

From Old Norse velta.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛltɑ/

velta (present tense veltar or velter, past tense velta or velte, past participle velta or velt, present participle veltande, imperative velt)

1. (intransitive) to fall over, topple
2. (transitive) to cause to fall over, topple

• “velta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *waltaną.

velta (singular past indicative valt, plural past indicative ultu, past participle oltinn)

1. (intransitive) to roll over, to tumble over

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

From Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, causative of *waltaną.

velta (singular past indicative velti, plural past indicative veltu, past participle veltr)

1. (transitive, with dative) to roll, set rolling

• veltiligr
• velting

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