gjald

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /calt/
    Rhymes: -alt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gjald, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

Noun

gjald n (genitive singular gjalds, nominative plural gjöld)

  1. fee, payment
Declension
declension of gjald
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjald gjaldið gjöld gjöldin
accusative gjald gjaldið gjöld gjöldin
dative gjaldi gjaldinu gjöldum gjöldunum
genitive gjalds gjaldsins gjalda gjaldanna

Etymology 2

Verb

gjald

  1. second-person singular imperative of gjalda
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