geldingr

Old Norse

Etymology

From gelda (“to castrate”) +‎ -ingr.

Noun

geldingr m

  1. wether (castrated ram)

Descendants

Descendants
  • Middle Danish: gelding
  • → Middle English: geldyng, geldynge, geldyn, gelding, gildyng
  • Faroese: geldingur m
  • Icelandic: geldingur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjelding m
  • Old Swedish: gældinger
    • Swedish: gälling c

Further reading

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