gildra

Icelandic

Noun

gildra f (genitive singular gildru, nominative plural gildrur)

1. trap

Further reading

• “gildra” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jɪldrɑ/

Noun

gildra f

1. definite singular of gildre

Verb

gildra

1. past tense of gildre
2. supine of gildre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jɪldrɑ/

Noun

gildra f (definite singular gildra, indefinite plural gildrer or gildror, definite plural gildrene or gildrone)

1. definite singular of gildre
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of gildre

Verb

gildra (present tense gildrar, past tense gildra, past participle gildra, passive infinitive gildrast, present participle gildrande, imperative gildra/gildr)

1. alternative form of gildre

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gildra f (genitive gildru)

1. a trap

Declension

  Declension of gildra (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gildra	gildran	gildrur	gildrurnar
accusative	gildru	gildruna	gildrur	gildrurnar
dative	gildru	gildrunni	gildrum	gildrunum
genitive	gildru	gildrunnar	gildrna	gildrnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gildra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gildre
• Norwegian Bokmål: gildre

Verb

gildra

1. to trap
2. to set a trap

Conjugation

Conjugation of gildra — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	gildra
present participle	gildrandi
past participle	gildraðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gildra	gildraða
2nd-person singular	gildrar	gildraðir
3rd-person singular	gildrar	gildraði
1st-person plural	gildrum	gildruðum
2nd-person plural	gildrið	gildruðuð
3rd-person plural	gildra	gildruðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gildra	gildraða
2nd-person singular	gildrir	gildraðir
3rd-person singular	gildri	gildraði
1st-person plural	gildrim	gildraðim
2nd-person plural	gildrið	gildraðið
3rd-person plural	gildri	gildraði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gildra
1st-person plural	gildrum
2nd-person plural	gildrið

Conjugation of gildra — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	gildrask
present participle	gildrandisk
past participle	gildrazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gildrumk	gildruðumk
2nd-person singular	gildrask	gildraðisk
3rd-person singular	gildrask	gildraðisk
1st-person plural	gildrumsk	gildruðumsk
2nd-person plural	gildrizk	gildruðuzk
3rd-person plural	gildrask	gildruðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gildrumk	gildruðumk
2nd-person singular	gildrisk	gildraðisk
3rd-person singular	gildrisk	gildraðisk
1st-person plural	gildrimsk	gildraðimsk
2nd-person plural	gildrizk	gildraðizk
3rd-person plural	gildrisk	gildraðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gildrask
1st-person plural	gildrumsk
2nd-person plural	gildrizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: gildra
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gildra, gildre
• Norwegian Bokmål: gildre
• Swedish: gillra
• → Middle English: gildren

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gildra

1. inflection of gildr:
   1. strong masculine genitive plural
   2. strong feminine genitive plural
   3. strong neuter genitive plural

References

• “gildra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press