gjald

From Old Norse gjald, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

gjald n (genitive singular gjalds, plural gjøld)

1. fee, payment

• IPA^(key): /calt/

  Rhymes: -alt

From Old Norse gjald, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

gjald n (genitive singular gjalds, nominative plural gjöld)

1. fee, payment

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gjald

1. second-person singular imperative of gjalda

From Proto-Germanic *geldą.

gjald n (genitive gjalds, plural gjǫld)

1. payment, recompense

• gildi
• gjalda (“to pay, to give recompense”)

• Icelandic: gjald
• Faroese: gjald
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeld f; (dialectal) gjøld f (from plural gjǫld)
• Old Swedish: giæld, giald, giæl, gæld
  • Swedish: gäld c
• Danish: gæld
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjeld m or f (feminine from Norwegian)