aldh-

    aldh-

    English meaning: “trough”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Trog”

    Material: O.N. alda f. “ wave, upsurge, hostility, warfare “; Nor. dial. olda f. “trough”; Swe. dial. ålla “ deep cavity “. compare O.E. ealdoÞ, aldot, aldaht “ trough, tub, container “, Ger. bO.Ir. alden “ field furrow”. In addition Bal.-Slav. *aldii̯ü- in Church Slavic ladiji, alъdiji f. “ small boat “, Lith. aldijà, eldijà f. “ river small boat “, also Lith. eldije ̃lė “ smoking frying pan”. Nor. lodje “ Russian vessel, boat “, Swe. lodja, M.L.G. lod(d)ie, loddige are borrowed from Russ. ɫodьjá (= asl. ladiji). Falk-Torp 652 (see also 789 under”olde”).

    References: WP. I 92, WH. I 35, Trautmann 6.