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

Conjugation of gjalda (irregular)
infinitive gjalda
supine goldið
participle (a26)1 gjaldandi goldin
present past
first singular gjaldi galt
second singular geldur galt
third singular geldur galt
plural gjalda guldu
imperative
singular gjald!
plural gjaldið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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

Derived terms

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 gjǫfto pay back gift for gift
  2. (figurative) to give
  3. (with genitive) to pay for, suffer on account

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gjalda
  • Faroese: gjalda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjelda; (dialectal) galda, gjedla, gjelja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjelde
  • Old Swedish: giælda, gialda, giælla, gælla
  • Old Danish: gialdæ

References

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