gjǫrð

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See also: gjord, gjørð, gjörð, and giorþ

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *gerdō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Noun[edit]

gjǫrð f (genitive gjarðar, plural gjarðar or gjarðir)

belt, girdle, saddle girth

Declension[edit]

Declension of gjǫrð (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðin	gjarðar, gjarðir	gjarðarnar, gjarðirnar
accusative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðina	gjarðar, gjarðir	gjarðarnar, gjarðirnar
dative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðinni	gjǫrðum	gjǫrðunum
genitive	gjarðar	gjarðarinnar	gjarða	gjarðanna

Related terms[edit]

gyrðill

Descendants[edit]

Icelandic: gjörð
Faroese: gjørð
Norwegian: gjord, (dialectal) gjørd, gjuld, gjard, gjort
Old Swedish: giorþ
- Swedish: gjord
Danish: gjord
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjord
Gutnish: gjård
→ Middle English: gerth, girth, gyrth
- English: girth
- Scots: girth

References[edit]

gjörð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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