gerði

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gerði.

Noun

gerði n (genitive singular gerðis, nominative plural gerði)

  1. enclosed field
  2. fence, hedge
Declension
declension of gerði
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gerði gerðið gerði gerðin
accusative gerði gerðið gerði gerðin
dative gerði gerðinu gerðum gerðunum
genitive gerðis gerðisins gerða gerðanna

Etymology 2

Verb

gerði

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

gerði n

  1. a fenced field

Declension

  Declension of gerði (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gerði gerðit gerði gerðin
accusative gerði gerðit gerði gerðin
dative gerði gerðinu gerðum gerðunum
genitive gerðis gerðisins gerða gerðanna
  • gerða (“to make a fence”)

Descendants

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