English

Noun

lodde

1. (obsolete) A fish, the capelin.
   • 1813, Leopold von Buch (Freiherr), Travels through Norway and Lapland

     We were actually told that when the lodde enters from the sea, the fishermen smell them at a distance of ten English miles, and immediately set off in their boats in quest of them.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔdə/, [ˈlʌðə]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian lodde. Compare Old Norse loðna ‎(“capelin”).

Noun

lodde c (singular definite lodden, plural indefinite lodder)

1. capelin, Mallotus villosus

Inflection

External links

• lodde on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German lōden.

Verb

lodde ‎(imperative lod, infinitive at lodde, present tense lodder, past tense loddede, perfect tense er/har loddet)

1. sound (to probe)
2. plumb
3. gauge, test
4. fathom
5. solder (to join with solder)

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lontē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta.

Noun

lodde

1. bird

Inflection

References

1. ↑ lodde in Giellatekno Inari Sami paradigm generator