orðabókargjörð

• orðabókargerð (uses the alternative (and more common in modern Icelandic) “gerð” instead of “gjörð”)
• orðabókagjörð (uses the singular genitive form “orðabóka” instead of the plural genitive “orðabókar”)

Literally, “creation of words’ book”. Created from orðabókar (“dictionary”, genitive plural of orðabók) +‎ gjörð (“creation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrðaˌpou̯ːkar̥ˌcœrð/,

  Rhymes: -ouːkarcœrð, -arcœrð, -œrð

orðabókargjörð f (genitive singular orðabókargjörðar, nominative plural orðabókargjörðir)

1. The creation of a dictionary.

   Og svo hélt hann áfram að neita að fjármagna orðabókargjörðina okkar.

   And then he proceeded to refuse to fund our dictionary’s creation.

• “orðabókargjörð”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)