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Faroese
Pronunciation
Noun
gildi n (genitive singular gildis, plural gildi or gildir)
- celebration
- (law) validity
- value
- (historical) guild
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gildi.
Pronunciation
Noun
gildi n (genitive singular gildis, nominative plural gildi)
- value, worth
- Synonyms: virði, verð
- (law) validity
- ideal, value
- (chemistry) valence
- celebration, feast, banquet
- guild, union
Declension
Declension of gildi (neuter)
Derived terms
Ido
Noun
gildi
- plural of gildo
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gildi n
- (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of gilde
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to gjalda (“to pay, to give recompense)”), gjald (“payment, recompense”).
Noun
gildi n (genitive gildis)
- payment, tribute
- repute
- feast, banquet
- guild
Declension
Descendants
Verb
gildi
- third-person singular/plural past active subjunctive of gjalda
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gildi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive