hlaða

Old Norse

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to load, to lade
  • (transitive) to pile, to stack
  • (transitive) to build something by putting one thing on top of another
  • (transitive) to fell, to lay prostrate
  • (transitive) to slay
  • (intransitive) to throng, to crowd.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (load) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (put, lay out, deposit, lay down, overlay).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kleh₂-

Gloss

put, lay out, deposit, lay down, overlay

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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