gerði

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Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse gerði.

Noun[edit]

gerði n (genitive singular gerðis, nominative plural gerði)

  1. enclosed field
  2. fence, hedge
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

gerði

  1. inflection of gera:
    1. first-person singular past
    2. third-person singular past

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (to enclose).

Noun[edit]

gerði n

  1. a fenced field

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • gerða (to make a fence)

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: gerði
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerde (a fence)
  • Jamtish: gjáłe
  • Old Swedish: gärþe, gærþe
  • Danish: gærde

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