gjalde

Danish

Alternative forms

gælde (obsolete)

Etymology

Expected form is gælde, now obsolete. The current form originates likely from a Funen dialectal gjalde, gjalle.

From Old Danish gællæ, *giallæ, from Old Norse gella, gjalla, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną (“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡjalə/, [ˈɡ̊jalə]

Verb

gjalde (imperative gjald, infinitive at gjalde, present tense gjalder, past tense gjaldede, perfect tense har gjaldet)

to resound, reverberate, echo

References

“gjalde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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