greiða

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse greiða (to arrange; fit out; comb), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną.

Verb

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greiða (third person singular past indicative greiddi, third person plural past indicative greiddu, supine greitt)

  1. to straighten out, to order, to arrange, to unknot
  2. to comb
  3. to answer, to resolve
  4. to prepare
  5. to commit, to deliver, to give over
  6. greiða frá: to tell, to report, to recount, to explain
    Hann dugir væl at greiða frá.
    He can explain things well.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of greiða (group v-3)
infinitive greiða
supine greitt
participle (a18)1 greiðandi greiddur
present past
first singular greiði greiddi
second singular greiðir greiddi
third singular greiðir greiddi
plural greiða greiddu
imperative
singular greið!
plural greiðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.


Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse greiða (to arrange; fit out; comb), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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greiða f (genitive singular greiðu, nominative plural greiður)

  1. comb

Declension

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    Declension of greiða
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative greiða greiðan greiður greiðurnar
accusative greiðu greiðuna greiður greiðurnar
dative greiðu greiðunni greiðum greiðunum
genitive greiðu greiðunnar greiða/greiðna greiðanna/greiðnanna

Synonyms

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Verb

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greiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative greiddi, supine greitt)

  1. to comb
    Þú ættir að greiða hárið á þér. Það er orðið svo úfið.
    You should comb your hair. It’s become really ruffled.
  2. to pay, to discharge (a debt)
    Ég greiddi 1206 krónur fyrir matinn.
    I paid 1206 krónur for the food.

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (to arrange, set in order).

Verb

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greiða (singular past indicative greiddi, plural past indicative greiddu, past participle greiddr)

  1. to unravel, disentangle, arrange
  2. (with hár) to comb or dress the hair
  3. to make or get ready
    Greiða til vað
    To get ready a fishing line
    Greiða til um vápn
    To get the weapons ready
  4. to speed, to further
    1. (reflexive) to be successful, get on
      Greiddist honum vel
      He got on well
      (literally, “It sped well with him”)
  5. to pay
    1. (with fram) to pay out
  6. to discharge, perform
    1. (with skírsl) to perform the ordeal
    2. (with vörður) to keep watch
    3. (with róðr) to pull at the oars
    4. (with atróðr, atlaga) to attack (in a sea-fight)
    5. (with mál) to settle a case

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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