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Old Norse
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Descendants
1.3
References
Old Norse
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Etymology
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From
gelda
(
“
to castrate
”
)
+
-ingr
.
Noun
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geldingr
m
wether
(castrated ram)
Descendants
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Descendants
Middle Danish:
gelding
Danish:
gilding
c
→
Middle English:
geldyng
,
geldynge
,
geldyn
,
gelding
,
gildyng
English:
gelding
Scots:
gelding
Faroese:
geldingur
m
Icelandic:
geldingur
m
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gjelding
m
Old Swedish:
gældinger
Swedish:
gälling
c
References
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“
geldingr
”, in
Geir T. Zoëga (
1910
)
A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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