gielda

See also: giełda and giełdą

Northern Sami

Etymology

Old Swedish giæld, from Old Norse gjald. Cognate with Inari Sami kieldâ, Lule Sami čelltē and Southern Sami tjïelte.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkie̯lːta/

Noun

gielda

1. community
2. municipality

Inflection

Even a-stem, ld-ldd gradation
Nominative	gielda
Genitive	gieldda
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gielda	gielddat
Accusative	gieldda	gielddaid
Genitive	gieldda	gielddaid
Illative	gīldii	gielddaide
Locative	gielddas	gielddain
Comitative	gielddain	gielddaiguin
Essive	gieldan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gieldan gieldame gieldamet 2nd person gieldat gieldade gieldadet 3rd person gieldas gieldaska gieldaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġilda, ġylda, ġelda

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *geldō, equivalent to ġieldan +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji͜yl.dɑ/, [ˈji͜yɫ.dɑ]

Noun

ġielda m

1. payer
2. worshiper
3. guild member

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġielda	ġieldan
accusative	ġieldan	ġieldan
genitive	ġieldan	ġieldena
dative	ġieldan	ġieldum

Derived terms

• dēofolġielda
• gafolġielda
• ġeġielda
• hǣþenġielda
• hȳreġielda
• mēdġielda
• nīedġielda
• unġielda