gipt

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gipt f (genitive giptar, plural giptir)

1. gift
2. good luck

Declension

Declension of gipt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gipt	giptin	giptir	giptirnar
accusative	gipt	giptina	giptir	giptirnar
dative	gipt, giptu	giptinni, giptunni	giptum	giptunum
genitive	giptar	giptarinnar	gipta	giptanna

Related terms

• gefa (“to give”)
• gjǫf f (“gift”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: gift
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gift
• Norwegian Bokmål: gift
• Old Swedish: gipt
  • Swedish: gift
• Danish: gift
• → Middle English: gift
  • Scots: gift, gyft
  • English: gift

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gipt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᚵᛁᛕᛏ

Etymology

From Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gipt f

1. gift
2. the giving of a woman as a bride
3. rent

Declension

Declension of gipt (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gipt	giptin	gipti(r), -e(r)	giptina(r), giptena(r)
accusative	gipt	giptina, -ena	gipti(r), -e(r)	giptina(r), giptena(r)
dative	gipt	giptinni, -inne	giptum, -om	giptumin, -omen
genitive	gipta(r)	giptinna(r)	gipta	giptanna

Descendants

• Swedish: -gift (utgift, hemgift etc)