gjord

See also: gjörð, gjørð, and gjǫrð

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō. The Old Norse word has been borrowed into English girth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡjoːˀr/, [ˈɡ̊joˀɒ̯], [ˈɡ̊joɐ̯ˀ] or IPA(key): /ɡjorˀd/, [ˈɡ̊joɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun

gjord c (singular definite gjorden, plural indefinite gjorde)

  1. a girth

Declension

Declension of gjord
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjord gjorden gjorde gjordene
genitive gjords gjordens gjordes gjordenes

References

gjord” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

gjord

  1. past participle of gjera

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʊɖː/ (standard Swedish) IPA(key): /juːrd/ (some dialects)
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  • Homophones: hjord, jord (both if pronounced non-standard Swedish-wise with a long o-sound)

Etymology 1

Participle

gjord

  1. past participle of göra

Adjective

gjord

  1. made, done
    som gjorda för varann
    as if made for each other
Declension
Inflection of gjord
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gjord
neuter singular gjort
plural gjorda
masculine plural2 gjorde
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 gjorde
all gjorda

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish giorþ, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō.[1]

Noun

gjord c

  1. a girth (belt around a horse)
Declension
  • bukgjord
  • däckelgjord
  • sadelgjord
  • tömkörningsgjord

See also

References

  1. ^ gjord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)