gerð

From Old Norse gørð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō, related to *garwijaną (“to prepare”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃeːɹ]
• Homophones: ger, Gerð

gerð f (genitive singular gerðar, plural gerðir)

1. action, work, act, deed, making

• IPA^(key): /cɛrð/

  Rhymes: -ɛrð

From Old Norse gørð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō, related to the adjective *garwaz (“prepared, ready”). Compare the doublet gjörð.

gerð f (genitive singular gerðar, nominative plural gerðir)

1. act, action (usually plural and more often as gjörð)
2. the act of building, making
3. type, make, kind

• gjörð (sense 1)

• leikgerð
• matargerð
• sagnagerð
• ölgerð

gerð

1. inflection of gerður:
   1. strong feminine singular nominative
   2. strong neuter plural nominative/accusative

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “gerð”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “gerð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Nominal derivation from the verb gera (“to do, make”).

gerð f (genitive gerðar, plural gerðir)

1. alternative form of gørð (“act”)

• Danish: gærd
• Icelandic: gerð
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjerd m or f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerd f
• Old Swedish: gärþ
  • Swedish: gärd

From Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also gera (“to prepare, make ready”), Old Dutch gerwen (“to prepare”), Old English gierwan (“to concoct”).

gerð f (genitive gerðar, plural gerðir)

1. yeast, ferment

   Synonym: jǫstr m (“yeast”)

• Norwegian Bokmål: gjær m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjær m
• Danish: gær c

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gerð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 163; also available at the Internet Archive
• “gerð” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *garwiþō.

• gjǫrð

gerð f (genitive gerðar, plural gerðar)

1. gear, harness
2. (plural only) armour

gerð

1. second-person singular active imperative of gerða

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gerð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 163; also available at the Internet Archive
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on gerð.