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gerði

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse gerði.

Noun

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gerði n (genitive singular gerðis, nominative plural gerði)

  1. enclosed field
  2. fence, hedge
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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gerði

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

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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gerði n

  1. a fenced field

Declension

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  • gerða (to make a fence)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: gerði
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerde
  • Jamtish: gjáłe
  • Old Swedish: gärþe, gærþe
  • Danish: gærde

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