gedda

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Faroese

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Noun

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gedda f (genitive singular geddu, plural geddur)

  1. pike (Esox lucius)

Declension

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Declension of gedda
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gedda geddan geddur geddurnar
accusative geddu gedduna geddur geddurnar
dative geddu gedduni geddum geddunum
genitive geddu geddunnar gedda geddanna

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gedda f (genitive singular geddu, nominative plural geddur)

  1. pike (fish of the genus Esox)

Declension

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    Declension of gedda
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gedda geddan geddur geddurnar
accusative geddu gedduna geddur geddurnar
dative geddu geddunni geddum geddunum
genitive geddu geddunnar gedda/geddna geddanna/geddnanna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Related to Proto-Germanic *gaidō (point, prickle, prod)[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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gedda f

  1. (zoology) pike

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: gedda
  • Faroese: gedda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjedde
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjedde
  • Swedish: gädda
  • Danish: gedde

References

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  • gedda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “424-425”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 424-425