gipt

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gipt f (genitive giptar, plural giptir)

  1. gift
  2. good luck

Declension
  Declension of gipt (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gipt giptin giptir giptirnar
accusative gipt giptina giptir giptirnar
dative gipt, giptu giptinni, giptunni giptum giptunum
genitive giptar giptarinnar gipta giptanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: gift
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gift
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gift
  • Old Swedish: gipt
  • Danish: gift
  • → Middle English: gift

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

Old Swedish

Alternative forms
  • ᚵᛁᛕᛏ

Etymology

From Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gipt f

  1. gift
  2. the giving of a woman as a bride
  3. rent

Declension
Declension of gipt (i-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gipt giptin gipti(r), -e(r) giptina(r), giptena(r)
accusative gipt giptina, -ena gipti(r), -e(r) giptina(r), giptena(r)
dative gipt giptinni, -inne giptum, -om giptumin, -omen
genitive gipta(r) giptinna(r) gipta giptanna

Descendants
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