gjǫrð

See also: gjord, gjørð, gjörð, and giorþ

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gerdō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Noun

gjǫrð f (genitive gjarðar, plural gjarðar or gjarðir)

1. belt, girdle, saddle girth

Declension

Declension of gjǫrð (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðin	gjarðar, gjarðir	gjarðarnar, gjarðirnar
accusative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðina	gjarðar, gjarðir	gjarðarnar, gjarðirnar
dative	gjǫrð	gjǫrðinni	gjǫrðum	gjǫrðunum
genitive	gjarðar	gjarðarinnar	gjarða	gjarðanna

Related terms

• gyrðill

Descendants

• Icelandic: gjörð
• Faroese: gjørð
• Norwegian: gjord, (dialectal) gjørd, gjuld, gjard, gjort
• Old Swedish: giorþ
  • Swedish: gjord
• Danish: gjord
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjord
• Gutnish: gjård
• → Middle English: gerth, girth, gyrth
  • English: girth
  • Scots: girth

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gjörð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166; also available at the Internet Archive