gyrða

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Verb

gyrða

1. to gird
2. to girth

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyrða — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	gyrða
present participle	gyrðandi
past participle	gyrðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gyrði	gyrða
2nd-person singular	gyrðir	gyrðir
3rd-person singular	gyrðir	gyrði
1st-person plural	gyrðum	gyrðum
2nd-person plural	gyrðið	gyrðuð
3rd-person plural	gyrða	gyrðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gyrða	gyrða
2nd-person singular	gyrðir	gyrðir
3rd-person singular	gyrði	gyrði
1st-person plural	gyrðim	gyrðim
2nd-person plural	gyrðið	gyrðið
3rd-person plural	gyrði	gyrði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gyrð, gyrði
1st-person plural	gyrðum
2nd-person plural	gyrðið

Conjugation of gyrða — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	gyrðask
present participle	gyrðandisk
past participle	gyrzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gyrðumk	gyrðumk
2nd-person singular	gyrðisk	gyrðisk
3rd-person singular	gyrðisk	gyrðisk
1st-person plural	gyrðumsk	gyrðumsk
2nd-person plural	gyrðizk	gyrðuzk
3rd-person plural	gyrðask	gyrðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gyrðumk	gyrðumk
2nd-person singular	gyrðisk	gyrðisk
3rd-person singular	gyrðisk	gyrðisk
1st-person plural	gyrðimsk	gyrðimsk
2nd-person plural	gyrðizk	gyrðizk
3rd-person plural	gyrðisk	gyrðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gyrzk, gyrðisk
1st-person plural	gyrðumsk
2nd-person plural	gyrðizk

Descendants

• Faroese: gyrða
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gyrda, gjorda, jula
• Norwegian Bokmål: gyrde, gjorde, jule
• Old Swedish: giurþa, giorþa
  • Swedish: gjorda (obsolete)
• Danish: gjorde

References

• gyrða in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.