Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gelda, from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (to castrate), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gelda (third person singular past indicative geldi, third person plural past indicative gelt, supine gelt)

  1. to geld, castrate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gelda (group v-5)
infinitive gelda
supine gelt
participle (a7)1 geldandi geldur
present past
first singular geldi geldi
second singular geldir geldi
third singular geldir geldi
plural gelda geldu
imperative
singular geld!
plural geldið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “434”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 434

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gelda, from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (to castrate), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gelda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gelti, supine gelt)

  1. to geld, castrate

Conjugation

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