gjöra

• gera (common)

See gera.

gjöra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gjörði, supine gjört)

1. (archaic) to do [with accusative]
   • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)

     Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.

     And God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

• The verb gera (“to do”) has superseded "gjöra" in all but a few instances of poetry or lofty language.

• gjörðu svo vel

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “gjöra”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)