Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse gelda, from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (to castrate), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gelda (third person singular past indicative geldi, third person plural past indicative gelt, supine gelt)

  1. to geld, castrate

Conjugation edit

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Conjugation of gelda (group v-5)
infinitive gelda
supine gelt
participle (a7)1 geldandi geldur
present past
first singular geldi geldi
second singular geldir geldi
third singular geldir geldi
plural gelda geldu
imperative
singular geld!
plural geldið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 434, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 434

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse gelda, from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (to castrate), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gelda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gelti, supine gelt)

  1. to geld, castrate

Conjugation edit

References edit