gjald

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /calt/

  Rhymes: -alt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gjald, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

Noun

gjald n (genitive singular gjalds, nominative plural gjöld)

1. fee, payment

Declension

declension of gjald

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjald	gjaldið	gjöld	gjöldin
accusative	gjald	gjaldið	gjöld	gjöldin
dative	gjaldi	gjaldinu	gjöldum	gjöldunum
genitive	gjalds	gjaldsins	gjalda	gjaldanna

Etymology 2

Verb

1. second-person singular imperative of gjalda