gjalda

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (to pay). Cognates include English yield, German gelten, Dutch gelden, Swedish gälla, Norwegian gjelde, Icelandic gjalda and Danish gælde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃalta]

Verb

gjalda (third person singular past indicative galt, third person plural past indicative guldu, supine goldið)

  1. to pay

Usage notes

Not to be mixed with galda or gelda which are partially homophonic with this verb.

Conjugation


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (to pay). Cognates include English yield, German gelten, Dutch gelden, Swedish gälla, Norwegian gjelde, Faroese gjalda and Danish gælde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcalta/
    Rhymes: -alta

Verb

gjalda (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative galt, third-person plural past indicative guldu, supine goldið)

  1. to pay

Conjugation


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (to pay).

Verb

gjalda (singular past indicative galt, plural past indicative guldu, past participle goldinn)

  1. (ditransitive) to repay, return
    • gjalda gjǫf við gjǫf
      to pay back gift for gift
  2. (figuratively) to give
  3. (with genitive) to pay for, suffer on account

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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