gildi

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Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gildi n (genitive singular gildis, plural gildi or gildir)

  1. celebration
  2. (law) validity
  3. value
  4. (historical) guild

Declension[edit]

n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gildi gildið gildi(r) gildini
Accusative gildi gildið gildi(r) gildini
Dative gildi gild(i)num gildum gildunum
Genitive gildis gildisins gilda gildanna

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse gildi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gildi n (genitive singular gildis, nominative plural gildi)

  1. value, worth
  2. (law) validity
  3. ideal, value
  4. (chemistry) valence
  5. celebration, feast, banquet
  6. guild, union

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Ido[edit]

Noun[edit]

gildi

  1. plural of gildo

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

gildi n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of gilde

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to gjalda (to pay, to give recompense)), gjald (payment, recompense).

Noun[edit]

gildi n (genitive gildis)

  1. payment, tribute
  2. repute
  3. feast, banquet
  4. guild

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: gildi
  • Faroese: gildi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gilde; (dialectal) gidle
  • Old Swedish: gilde
  • Old Danish: *gelde

Verb[edit]

gildi

  1. third-person singular/plural past active subjunctive of gjalda

References[edit]

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